ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND CONFLICT BEHAVIOUR. ROAD USERS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY

The records of routinely police-reported accidents can form the basis for statistical information, but are of little use in accident analysis due to their limitations, inaccuracies and incompleteness. To understand the complex nature of an accident, new techniques in accident investigation have evolved. One of these is the use of multidisciplinary teams to conduct in-depth and on-the-spot accident investigations. Another major development concerns the use of observations of conflict behaviour that may lead to near accidents or accidents. A historical overview of accident investigation techniques over the past four decades and a critical evaluation of both multidisciplinary accident investigation and conflict behaviour studies are presented. (TRRL)

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  Van Ggorcum & Comp BV

  P.O. Box 43
  Assen,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • GRAYSON, G B
  • Hakkert, A S
• Publication Date: 1987

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 27-59
• Serial:
  • Publication of: VAN GORCUM & COMP BV
  • Publisher: Van Ggorcum & Comp BV

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Crash analysis; Crash investigation; Drivers; Multidisciplinary teams; Traffic conflicts; Traffic crashes
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 9001: Behaviour; 8525: Conference; 8623: Data acquisition; 1642: Near miss; 1611: On the spot accident investigation; 1522: Police; 6969: Recording; 1755: Road user; 1665: Safety; 6555: Statistics; 9078: Theory; 755: Traffic
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00470437
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• ISBN: 90-232-2316-0
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1988 12:00AM