ACCIDENTS BETWEEN WILD ANIMALS AND VEHICLES. THE BEHAVIOUR OF ROAD USERS, AND POSSIBILITIES OF CHANGING IT

VILTOLYCKOR. TRAFIKANTERS BETEENDE OCH MOEJLIGHETER ATT PAAVERKA DETTA

This is the final report of a three year research project. The general purpose of the project has been to investigate the possibility of changing driver behaviour in order to reduce the risks of accidents between wild animals and vehicles. Only accidents involving moose and car drivers have been considered. Four different investigations have been carried out. The first two studies consist of analyses of survey data from drivers sampled from three Swedish counties. In the first study relations between the probability of a collision with moose and drivers' experiences with knowledge and attitudes about moose were explored. In the second study the problem was to investigate and compare circumstances in accidents and near-accidents and to relate the results to differences in driver behaviour. In the third study the relation between the attention distribution of drivers and their detection of moose dummies was studied experimentally. The effect of the wild animal crossing warning sign is investigated in the fourth and final study as manifested in drivers' detection of moose dummies. (TRRL)

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  Swedish Transport Research Delegation

  Wenner-Gren Center, Sveavaegen 166
  S-11346 Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Publication Date: 1980

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 47 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alertness; Animals; Attitudes; Behavior; Crash rates; Crashes; Detection and identification; Detectors; Driver experience; Drivers; Driving; Knowledge; Motor skills; Near midair crashes; Perception; Prevention; Questionnaires; Safety; Tests; Traffic signs; Warning signs; Warning systems; Wildlife
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver perception
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 1612: Accident rate; 2459: Animal; 2238: Attention; 2267: Attitude (psychol); 9001: Behaviour; 1631: Collision; 9115: Detection; 1772: Driver; 2225: Experience (human); 2459: Fauna; 2459: Game (animal); 9147: Interview; 1642: Near miss; 2205: Skill (road user); 8109: Sweden; 6255: Test; 553: Traffic sign; 9113: Warning
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00331459
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• ISBN: 91-85562-27-0
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. TFD 1980:3 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 28 1981 12:00AM