INVENTORY OF FACTORS SUGGESTED AS CONTRIBUTING TO TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

• NCJ Number: 15060
• Author(s): J S BAKER; L R HORN
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 56 pages
• Corporate Author: Northwestern University Traffic Institute
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

LISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 850 OPERATION AND CONDITION ITEMS OR CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH COMBINE TO CAUSE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.

Abstract

AN OPERATION FACTOR REFERS TO AN OPERATION WHICH WAS NOT PERFORMED OR WHICH WAS PERFORMED IN A WRONG MANNER. THESE FACTORS ARE CLASSIFIED INTO FOUR MAJOR GROUPS ACCORDING TO THEIR PROXIMITY TO THE FINAL EVENTS OF THE ACCIDENT AND INCLUDE THE CRUCIAL EVENT, EVASIVE ACTION, STRATEGY, AND PREPARATION. A 'CONDITION FACTOR' IS A QUALITY OF A TRAFFIC WAY, VEHICLE OR PERSON, THE NATURE OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, AND THE CHARACTER OF THE SOCIAL OR CULTURAL 'CLIMATE'. (FOR RELATED DOCUMENTS, SEE NCJ-015059, 'EXPERIMENTAL CASE STUDIES OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS', AND NCJ-015033, 'CONCEPTS AND CLASSIFICATIONS OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENT CAUSES.'