Three hundred eighty-seven randomly selected accidents occurring in Washtenaw and part of Oakland Counties, Michigan were investigated. Data relevant to determination of the potential role of vehicle handling in accident causation, particularly tire data, were collected on 518 vehicles in these accidents. Limited tire data were also obtained during random Michigan State Police checklane inspections in the summer of 1976. The checklane and accident samples were compared on tire pressure, tread depth, and carcass construction. Additional comparisons were made between subsets of the accident sample. The data reveal generally poor tire maintenance practices in both samples, but there is no evidence to implicate poorly maintained tires as causative factors in accidents except on wet or slippery roads. This conclusion is tentative because of the limited number of vehicles in the accident sample, and because the control group may not adequately represent the population which generated the accident sample.
Vehicle Handling Study
1977
91 pages
Report
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English
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