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https://doi.org/10.3141/1779-22

http://scholar.google.com...patz&publication_year=2001

In 1999-2000, the Automobile Association of America Foundation for Traffic Safety conducted a research program to identify the barriers to analysis of large-truck safety experience in the United States. The primary focus was on so-called longer combination vehicles (LCVs)--the doubles and triples running on major highways throughout the country. Five states (Florida, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Utah) participated in a review and evaluation of their data-collection and analysis practices. Two of the states (Oregon and Utah) also participated in an audit of completed crash reports for crashes involving large trucks and specifically doubles and triples. The results show that none of the five states has a crash-reporting system that adequately supports the analysis of LCV safety. In general, there is a lack of reliable data on the exact configuration of vehicles involved in crashes and a lack of specific measures of exposure for LCVs. Without good data on configuration and good measures of exposure, the main question about LCV safety (i.e., are they more or less safe than other large commercial motor vehicles?) cannot be answered empirically. The report concludes with a series of recommendations for improving the quality of data for crashes involving large trucks and a state's ability to analyze LCV crashes specifically.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1779, Traffic Safety 2001: Americans with Disabilities Act; Driver and Vehicle Modeling; Situation Awareness; Licensing; Driver Behavior; Enforcement; Trucks; and Motorcycles.

English

p. 162-172

2001

Transportation Research Record

0309072379

References (9) ; Tables (5)

Crash exposure; Crash records; Crash reports; Data collection; Data quality; Recommendations; Tractor trailer combinations; Truck crashes

Longer combination vehicles; Vehicle configuration

Florida; Idaho; Nevada; Oregon; Utah

Highways; Motor Carriers; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics

TRIS, TRB

Feb 13 2002 12:00AM

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• ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL: SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF FATIGUE-RELATED CRASHES IN HONOLULU
• COMPARISON OF COLLISIONS OF RIGID TRUCKS AND ARTICULATED TRUCKS AGAINST ROAD SAFETY BARRIERS
• COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES USED IN THE DRIVER PERFORMANCE MODEL OF THE INTERACTIVE HIGHWAY SAFETY DESIGN MODEL
• CRASH RATES AND TRAFFIC MANEUVERS OF YOUNGER DRIVERS
• DEVELOPMENT OF INTRASTATE INSPECTION SELECTION SYSTEM FOR WISCONSIN
• DRIVER KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEFS ABOUT ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEMS: HAVE PRECONDITIONS FOR BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATION BEEN MET?
• DRIVING CESSATION AMONG OLDER PEOPLE: WHEN DOES IT HAPPEN AND WHAT IMPACT DOES IT HAVE?
• EFFECTIVENESS OF TRUCK ROLLOVER WARNING SYSTEMS
• FIELD STUDY OF DRIVER'S CURVE-DETECTION PERFORMANCE IN DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME
• FINDING FAULT IN MOTORCYCLE CRASHES IN HAWAII: ENVIRONMENTAL, TEMPORAL, SPATIAL, AND HUMAN FACTORS
• IMPACT OF PARTIAL GRADUATED DRIVER'S LICENSE PROGRAM ON TEEN MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES IN KENTUCKY
• INFORMATION AND ORIENTATION NEEDS OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: BIOVAM PROJECT
• INVESTIGATION OF WINTER-WEATHER SPEED VARIABILITY IN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, PICKUP TRUCKS, AND PASSENGER CARS
• MEASURING DIVIDED-ATTENTION CAPABILITY OF YOUNG AND OLDER DRIVERS
• MODEL FOR SITUATION AWARENESS AND DRIVING: APPLICATION TO ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH FOR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
• MODELING DRIVER BEHAVIOR BY USING MIND'S EYE COORDINATES
• MODELING TRAFFIC SAFETY BENEFITS OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES AT TRUCK INSPECTION FACILITIES: MICROSCOPIC SIMULATION
• MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY: CRASH PATTERNS OF INSPECTED COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
• PROGRESS IN WHEELCHAIR SECUREMENT: TEN YEARS AFTER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
• RADAR DETECTION OF VEHICLES IN A STRING: GAINING SITUATION AWARENESS OF A PROPAGATING CONFLICT
• SAFETY-RESTRAINT USE RATE AS FUNCTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER FACTORS: PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS
• STUDY OF RADAR DETECTOR USE ON GEORGIA HIGHWAYS
• SYNTHESIS OF STUDIES ON SPEED AND SAFETY
• TOWARD AN INTEGRATED MODEL OF DRIVER BEHAVIOR IN COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURE
• TRUCK DRIVING ENVIRONMENTS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON DRIVER FATIGUE AND CRASH RATES