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The Effects of Distractions and Driver's Age on the Type of Crash and the Injury Severity Sustained by Occupants Involved in a Crash

This thesis investigates the associations between crash outcomes, the existence and type of driver distraction as well as driver’s age. The crash outcomes considered in this thesis consist of the type of crash as well as the injury severity sustained by occupants involved in the crash. An ordered logit model was built to predict the likelihood of severe injuries and a multinomial model was developed to predict the likelihood that a driver will be involved in one of three common crash types: singular, angular, and rearend. In these models, various factors (e.g., weather, driver’s gender, and speeding) have been statistically controlled for, but the main focus was on the interaction of driver’s age and distraction type. The findings of this thesis have implications for policy making and prioritizing capabilities of distraction-related safety systems.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/32601
Date31 July 2012
CreatorsZishu, Liu
ContributorsBirsen, Donmez
Source SetsUniversity of Toronto
Languageen_ca
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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