THE ROLE OF DRIVER INATTENTION IN CRASHES; NEW STATISTICS FROM THE 1995 CRASHWORTHINESS DATA SYSTEM
In 1995, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) began employing the Crashworthiness Data System (CDS) to obtain more in-depth information on driver inattention-related crash causes, including drowsiness and many forms of distraction. CDS is potentially an important source of information on this issue because: (i) it is broadly representative of U.S. passenger vehicle towaway crashes; and (ii) because its investigations are moderately in-depth. This research paper reports the results of the 1995 CDS data collection on this issue. The three major forms of driver inattention and their percent involvement in 1995 CDS crashes are: (1) distraction (13.2%); (2) looked but did not see (9.7%); and (3) sleepy/fell asleep (2.6%). Findings from this CDS data collection have both similarities to, and differences from, previous research on the role of driver inattention in crashes. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 893891.
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ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE (AAAM)
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Authors:
- Wang, J-S
- Knipling, R R
- GOODMAN, M J
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1996
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 377-92
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alertness; Conferences; Crashes; Drivers; Errors; Evaluation and assessment; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Perception; Statistics
- Geographic Terms: United States
- ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 2238: Attention; 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 6440: Error; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 2222: Fatigue (human); 2229: Perception; 6555: Statistics; 8122: USA
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00746014
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
- Files: ITRD, ATRI
- Created Date: Mar 24 1998 12:00AM