Citation

Keeney AH. Proc. Am. Assoc. Automot. Med. Annu. Conf. 1973; 17: 465-469.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1973, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine)

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Abstract

Crash analysis by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for the calendar year 1971, indicated 81,696 crashes causing 667 deaths, 1,604 bodily injuries, and 59,984 cases of property damage in this state. Alcohol was the largest identifiable causative factor among the fatalities (318 out of 667) and related to 5,915 crashes which caused bodily injury or property damage. Visual factors had prime causative identification in 72 death, 1,604 bodily injuries, and 3,639 cases of property damage. Such efforts to identify causative data underline revised visibility (FMVSS 111) and illuminating (FMVSS 108) standards which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is seeking to put into effect in 1973.