Road Accidents - Causes

Causes

Driver factors
57%
27% Roadway
factors
6% 3% 3%
1%
2%
Vehicle factors

Breakdown of British and
American crash causes

A 1985 study by K. Rumar, using British and American crash reports as data, found that 57% of crashes were due solely to driver factors, 27% to combined roadway and driver factors, 6% to combined vehicle and driver factors, 3% solely to roadway factors, 3% to combined roadway, driver, and vehicle factors, 2% solely to vehicle factors and 1% to combined roadway and vehicle factors.

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