Citation

Fell JC, Mudrowsky EF, Tharp KJ. Accid. Anal. Prev. 1973; 5(4): 261-265.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1973, Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

A separate study was performed as part of a major accident investigation project to (1) test the hypothesis that drivers of vehicles involved in investigated accidents had less driving experience than the general driving population, and (2) test the hypothesis that accident involved drivers were less familiar with their vehicles than the general driving population. A Kolmogorov-Smirnov one-tail test was employed to evaluate the differences in the distributions of driver experience and vehicle familiarity between the "accident sample" and a "control sample." Results indicated that drivers involved in the investigated accidents had less driving experience in general and had less driving experience with the accident vehicles than drivers in the general population. These effects are discussed briefly and further studies are suggested.