This pilot study examined rear-end crashes from the driver's perspective to identify self-reported reasons and causes of such crashes and locations and circumstances of these crashes, and to explore the merit of using this approach to develop countermeasures to the rear-end crash. Focus groups and telephone interviews were used to obtain descriptions and perceptions of rear-end crashes from a sample of 26 subjects who had recently experienced such crashes as drivers of striking vehicles. Drivers tended to attribute the crash to different causes depending on how they were questioned about the crash. Actions of the other driver was the dominant contributing factor reported by most subjects when asked directly for causes of their crash. This was followed by personal inattention or distraction. Different responses, related to cognitive issues, were obtained when subjects were asked to explain what happened leading up to and during the crash.


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    Title :

    Exploring Rear-End Roadway Crashes from the Driver's Perspective


    Contributors:
    L. P. Kostyniuk (author) / D. W. Eby (author)

    Publication date :

    1998


    Size :

    58 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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