TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1977//
TI  - The relationship between previous driving record and driver culpability in fatal, multiple-vehicle collisions
JO  - Accident analysis and prevention
A1  - Banks, W. W.
A1  - Shaffer, J. W.
A1  - Masemore, W. C.
A1  - Fisher, R. S.
A1  - Schmidt, C. W. Jr
A1  - Zlotowitz, H. I.
SP  - 9
EP  - 13
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
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.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0001-4575
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -