Personal Factors in Accident Proneness

Accident Proneness: A Research Review

Accident-proneness in Attempted Suicide and in Automobile Accident Victims.

The illusive phenomena in accident proneness.

Jerky driving--An indicator of accident proneness?

This study uses continuously logged driving data from 166 private cars to derive the level of jerks caused by the drivers during everyday driving. The number of critical jerks found in the data is analysed and compared with the self-reported accident involvement of the drivers. The results show that the expected number of accidents for a driver increases with the number of critical jerks caused...

The Concept of Accident Proneness: a Review.

The term accident proneness was coined by psychological research workers in 1926. Since then its concept-that certain individuals are always more likely than others to sustain accidents, even though exposed to equal risk-has been questioned but seldom seriously challenged. This article describes much of the work and theory on which this concept is based, details the difficulties encountered in ...