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.


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    Title :

    Accident risk of car drivers during mobile telephone use


    Additional title:

    Unfallrisiko von Autofahrern während der Benutzung von Mobiltelefonen


    Contributors:
    Sagberg, F. (author)

    Published in:

    International Journal of Vehicle Design ; 26 , 1 Special Issue ; 57-69


    Publication date :

    2001


    Size :

    13 Seiten, 7 Tabellen, 12 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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