CHARACTERISTICS OF ACCIDENT-INVOLVED DRIVERS

A separate study was performed as part of a mojor traffic accident causation project to investigate the differences between drivers who caused or increased the severity of accidents and those who were innocently involved. Statistical tests were employed to evaluate age, driving experience, vehicle familiarity, road area familiarity, and driving exposure differences between male and female "at fault" and innocent accident-involved drivers. Female "at fault" drivers were characterized as haveing none to moderate road area familiarity, less driving experience than would be expected for their age, and being under 25 years old or between the ages of 45 and 54. Male "at fault" drivers were characterized as having little road area familiarity, having less familiarity with their vehicles than would be expected for their age, and being young (15-19) or old (over 64). Procedures for controlling measurements of driving experience, exposure, and vehicle familiarity for the effects of driver age and sex are discussed. /HSRI/

• Corporate Authors:

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

  801 Green Bay Road
  Lake Bluff, IL  United States  60044
• Authors:
  • McDonald, S T
• Conference:
  • 20th Annual Conference of the American Association for Automotive Medicine
  • Date: 1976-11-1 to 1976-11-3
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 33-44
• Serial:
  • Volume: 20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Crash severity; Drivers; Females; Gender; Traffic crashes
• Old TRIS Terms: Female drivers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00144168
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-024-1-115
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM