EXPOSURE INFORMATION IS ALMOST ALWAYS USED FOR ACCIDENT DATA INTERPRETATION, ALTHOUGH A FEW STUDIES HAVE SUGGESTED THAT EXPOSURE BEHAVIOUR MAY HAVE VALUE AS A COUNTER-MEASURE OBJECTIVE AND THUS AS A VARIABLE IN ITS OWN RIGHT. THE CONVENTIONAL MEASURE OF "MILES TRAVELLED" SEEMS TO REFLECT MAINLY THE EXTENT RATHER THAN THE DEGREE OF ACCIDENT RISK EXPOSURE. THERE IS THUS A NEED FOR EXPOSURE DATA THAT REFLECT KNOWN ACCIDENT DANGERS. A NEW APPROACH TO THE CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS BASED ON THE NATURE OF THE ROADS THEMSELVES, AND ON THE FORMS OF MOVEMENT AND INTERACTION THEY MAKE POSSIBLE, MAY PROVIDE A WAY OF MEETING SUCH A NEED. ON THE BASIS OF RECENT WORK IN THE STUDY OF DRIVING HAZARDS SUPPORTING THIS ROAD-BASED THEORY SOME NEW VARIABLES CAN BE SUGGESTED WHICH CONSIST OF SIMPLE EXTENSIONS AND MODIFICATIONS OF EXISTING PRACTICES. (Author/publisher).
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