Fact Book: A Summary of Information about Towaway Accidents Involving 1973–1975 Model Cars. Volume 2

Details

• Creators:
  Hall, Robert G.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of North Carolina (System). Highway Safety Research Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Manual safety belts
  • Crash injury research
  • Accident data
  • Towed vehicles
  • Statistics
  • Data collection
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-HS-802-036 ; NTIS-PB259042
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1524919
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  Standardized injury rates and seat belt effectiveness measures are derived from a probability sample of towaway accidents involving 1973-1975 model cars. The data were collected by NHTSA-sponsored teams in five different geographic regions. Weighted sample size available for the analysis is 15,818 occupants for which there is complete information on belt usage, AIS injury level, age, crash configuration, vehicle weight, and damage severity. In order to obtain the standardized injury rates and effectiveness measures as well as estimates of their precision, several alternative procedures utilizing techniques for analysis of complex categorical data were examined. Volume II contains a variety of tables detailing who was involved in the accident investigated, where and when they occurred, and what make and model car was involved. This volume also serves as a "Fact Book" of information describing belt usage by various sub-populations; occupant injuries (including fatalities and belt-caused injuries); maltunction, defeat or maladjustment of belts; ejection; and problems encountered by unusual occupants. /Abstract from report summary page/
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DOT-HS-5-01255
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1141/dot_1141_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 14.41 MB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8bf0fabccf12f3a9bd648033726d5df491f7c7bdc07dce31e49ccdef478d8054