About 9000 Norwegian car drivers who had recently reported an accident to their insurance company, responded to a postal questionnaire about mobile telphone use and other distractors during the latest accident. Mobile telephoning during the accident was reported by 0.66 % of guilty drivers and 0.30 % of innocent drivers. Mobile telephones were estimated to be used in 0.96 % of the accidents, which is 72 % higher than the expected proportion estimated on the basis of 'induced exposure'. The number of accidents during telephoning was too low for significant differences between hands-free and hand-held telephone to appear. Rear-end collision is the most frequent accident type during telephoning. Both radios and CD players cause more accidents than the mobile telephones.
Accident risk of car drivers during mobile telephone use
Unfallrisiko von Autofahrern während der Benutzung von Mobiltelefonen
International Journal of Vehicle Design ; 26 , 1 Special Issue ; 57-69
2001
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