Preliminary Study on the Relationship between Traffic Violation Convictions and Traffic Accidents of Drivers involved in Fatal Accidents Iowa, 1972 prepared by Aurora P. Berenguel

(1972) Preliminary Study on the Relationship between Traffic Violation Convictions and Traffic Accidents of Drivers involved in Fatal Accidents Iowa, 1972 prepared by Aurora P. Berenguel. Public Safety, Department of

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Abstract

The preliminary report are, Traffic violation convictions and accidents of drivers involved in fatal accidents are positively correlated with each other. Increased violation convictions frequency was found to be accompanied with increase in accident involvement. This study however includes accident connected traffic violation convictions which inflates the relationship. The removal of these convictions will give a better relationship. A comprehensive study on the driving records of a population of normal Iowa drivers is necessary to determine how bad this group of drivers is. This study also indicated that the relationship is a strong function of age although data was not enough to support this fact. Three years data on drivers involved in fatal accidents is necessary.