The accuracy of driver accounts of vehicle accidents.

Author(s)
Versteegh, S.
Year
Abstract

This study investigated the accuracy with which crash involved drivers could recall the pieces of information that are often required by crash investigators to reconstruct and understand the causes of a vehicle accident. Driver reports of vehicle speed, weather conditions, time of crash, impact points and vehicle position and movements have been assessed for accuracy against objective physical evidence and crash reconstructions based on this physical evidence. The results of this study show that drivers recall many of the events of a crash and the details of their environment accurately. However, drivers significantly underestimate their travelling speed. A number of factors were identified that influence the amount of information that drivers recall and the accuracy of this information. (Author/publisher) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E211985.

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Publication

Library number
C 34805 (In: C 34795 [electronic version only]) /83 /82 / ITRD E212027
Source

In: Proceedings of the 2004 Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, Perth, Western Australia, 14-16 November 2004, Volume 2 [Print] 10 p., 6 ref.

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