TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship between previous driving record and driver culpability in fatal, multiple-vehicle collisions
AU - Banks, William W.
AU - Shaffer, John W.
AU - Masemore, William C.
AU - Fisher, Russell S.
AU - Schmidt, Chester W.
AU - Zlotowitz, Howard I.
N1 - Funding Information:
Yl’hisr esearch was supported by Contract No. DOT-HS 198-3-770w ith the United States Department of Transportation, National Highway Trafhc Safety Administration and administered by the Maryland Medical-Legal Foundation, Inc., Russell S. Fisher, M.D. Principal Investigator; and by an Institutional Research Grant, Baltimore City Hospitals, Chester W. Schmidt Jr. M.D. Principal Investigator.
Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1977/3
Y1 - 1977/3
N2 - In an effort to shed light on the relationship between past driving record and driver culpability in fatal, multiple vehicle collisions, the past driving records of 41 pairs of legally-culpable and legally-innocent male drivers-each pair involved in the same fatal accident-were compared for number of past moving violation convictions. As hypothesized, the legally-culpable drivers had approximately three times the number of past moving violation convictions as had the legally-innocent ones. Further analyses revealed a number of additional relationships, including the greater incidence of fatality and alcohol involvement among the legally-culpable drivers. Marked differences between the two groups in terms of central tendencies and covariance structure of relevant variables suggest that two different populations of drivers are involved.
AB - In an effort to shed light on the relationship between past driving record and driver culpability in fatal, multiple vehicle collisions, the past driving records of 41 pairs of legally-culpable and legally-innocent male drivers-each pair involved in the same fatal accident-were compared for number of past moving violation convictions. As hypothesized, the legally-culpable drivers had approximately three times the number of past moving violation convictions as had the legally-innocent ones. Further analyses revealed a number of additional relationships, including the greater incidence of fatality and alcohol involvement among the legally-culpable drivers. Marked differences between the two groups in terms of central tendencies and covariance structure of relevant variables suggest that two different populations of drivers are involved.
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U2 - 10.1016/0001-4575(77)90003-3
DO - 10.1016/0001-4575(77)90003-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0017461831
SN - 0001-4575
VL - 9
SP - 9
EP - 13
JO - Accident Analysis and Prevention
JF - Accident Analysis and Prevention
IS - 1
ER -