CAUSES, ECOLOGY AND PREVENTION OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WITH EMPHASIS UPON TRAFFIC MEDICINE, EPIDEMIOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY AND LOGISTICS

The accident epidemic has been reviewed in terms of comprehensive causative and permissive factors. These factors involve the classic-host (driver), vector (vehicle), and environment (highway)-epidemiologic triad. Emphasis has been placed on the most important component, the human factor. The extraordinary frequency and danger of the sleepy driver, the aging motorist, driver fatigue, natural death at the wheel, and the confirmed alcoholic are critically analyzed. A number of currently-held dogmas pertaining to accidents have been reinterpreted, such as the inference that accident proneness is primarily psychologic or psychiatric in nature. The components of a rational and holistic approach to the prevention of traffic accidents are presented. /Author/

• Corporate Authors:

  Thomas (Charles C) Publisher

  Bannesstone House, 301-327 East Lawrence Avenue
  Springfield, IL  United States  62703
• Authors:
  • Roberts, H I
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Pagination: 1016 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Ecology; Epidemiology; High risk drivers; Human factors; Logistics; Prevention; Safety; Social factors; Traffic crashes
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00141728
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Criminal Justice Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM