Relative crash involvement risk associated with different sources of driver distraction

A sample of crash-involved drivers (n=4307) filled in a web-based questionnaire about distractions during the crash. For each potential distraction factor the drivers indicated whether or not they were distracted by that specific factor at the time of the crash. Relative crash risk was estimated by using quasi-induced exposure. The most frequent distractions were ‘talking with passenger(s)’ and ‘attending to children in backseat’. The distractions with the highest relative risk were ‘billboards outside’, ‘searching for addresses’, and ‘moving object inside car’ followed by ‘talking with passenger(s)’, ‘attending to children in backseat’, ‘adjusting music player”, and ‘radio tuning’.

• Record URL:
  https://www.saferresearch.com/index.php/DDI2009
• Corporate Authors:

  Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

  Göteborg,   Sweden  SE-412 96

  SAFER Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre, Sweden

  ,   Sweden 

  INRETS - ARCUEIL, FRANCE

  ,    
• Authors:
  • Backer-Grøndahl, Agathe
  • Sagberg, Fridulv
• Conference:
  • 1st International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention (DDI 2009)
  • Location: Gothenburg , Sweden
  • Date: 2009-9-28 to 2009-9-29
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 14p
• Monograph Title: 1st International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention: (DDI 2009), September 28-29, 2009, Gothenburg, Sweden: Program, presentations and reviewed papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Distraction; Drivers; Hazards
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 9003: Cause; 2237: Distraction; 1772: Driver; 9150: Risk
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01471647
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: ITRD, VTI
• Created Date: Feb 4 2013 2:33PM