Analysis of Fatal On-Duty Driver-Error Accidents in the U.S. Army

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to perform an in-depth analysis of vehicle accident cause factors. Since analytic resources were limited, it was decided to focus on vehicular accidents that: (a) were Army-responsible in terms of accountability and prevention; and (b) had the best information in terms of quality and quantity. It was decided to select on-duty vehicular accidents because the Army is clearly responsible for them. From these on-duty accidents, those which resulted in a fatality were selected because their reports were expected to have better information than reports of less severe accidents. Also, the number of fatal on-duty accidents was small enough to permit a cause-factor analysis of each report. It was expected that drivers would be frequently cited as accident cause factors so the analysis was directed toward driver error.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA373129

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  • Darwin S. Ricketson

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