Three hundred and twenty-eight drivers who died in Baltimore City as the result of highway crashes were studied, using autopsy findings, police reports of the crashes, and driving records. Autopsy evidence of disease was not correlated with driver responsibility for the crash. Several findings indicate that a decreased ability to survive highway crashes caused older persons to be over-represented among fatally injured drivers. Almost one third of the drivers under 25 had 2 or more traffic convictions in the single year preceding their fatal crashes. Drivers who were at fault were almost five times as likely to have been drinking heavily before the crash as were drivers who were not at fault.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Characteristics of Fatally Injured Drivers


    Contributors:
    S. P. Baker (author)

    Publication date :

    1970


    Size :

    72 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    Fatally injured Truck drivers

    Karlson,T.A. / Baker,S.P. / Morton,B.F. et al. | Automotive engineering | 1977





    Drugs and Accident Risk in Fatally-Injured Drivers

    Drummer, O. H. / University of Adelaide; NHMRC Road Accident Research Unit | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1995