Police reported accidents were coded in terms of elements of the accident generation process. Analyses were conducted to relate general driver and vehicle characteristics to responsibility for the accidents and to reasons for the precipitation of accidents. Driver and vehicle characteristics included driver age, sex, license type, restraint use, and drinking status. Vehicle characteristics were age and general vehicle type. The main reasons for accident generation were information failures, control failures, and control failures associated with slippery roads.


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    Title :

    Driver and Vehicle Characteristics as Related to the Precipitation of Accidents


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1977


    Size :

    77 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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