Human factors research in highway safety.
Title:
Human factors research in highway safety.
Author:
National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board.
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1993.
Physical Description:
54 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Series:
Transportation research circular ; no. 414
Transportation research circular ; no. 414.
General Note:
September 1993
" ... the Transportation Research Board held a workshop on Human Factors in Highway Safety in Washington, D.C., April 1-3, 1992"--Introd.
Contents:
Introduction -- Keynote address: The need and potential for human factors research in highway safety -- Background papers (Highway issues and human factors knowledge gaps from the engineering perspective -- Recent accident typology research) -- Break-out sessions reports: Research problem areas -- Rear-end collisions -- Intersectional accidents -- Run-off-the-road accidents -- Head-on collisions -- Cross-cutting issues -- Participants list.
Abstract:
This Circular contains the proceedings of a Transportation Research Board workshop on human factors highway safety issues. The workshop, held in Washington, D.C., on April 1-3, 1992, was conducted with the cooperation and sponsorship of the Federal Highway Administration. The objective of this workshop was to develop a set of prioritized research problem statements in the area of human factors highway safety that could be made available to federal and state agencies, academia, and the research community at large. Included in this Circular are the keynote address, background papers, and break-out session reports.
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