Trauma type and posttrauma outcomes : differences between survivors of motor vehicle accidents, sexual assault, and bereavement

Research examining post-trauma pathology indicates negative outcomes can differ as a function of the type of trauma experienced. Such research has yet to be published when looking at positive post-trauma changes. Ninety-Four survivors of trauma, forming three groups, completed the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) and Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R). Groups comprised survivors of i) sexual abuse ii) motor vehicle accidents iii) bereavement. Results indicted differences in growth between the groups with the bereaved reporting higher levels of growth than other survivors and sexual abuse survivors demonstrated higher levels of PTSD symptoms than the other groups. However, this did not preclude sexual abuse survivors from also reporting moderate levels of growth. Results are discussed with relation to fostering growth through clinical practice.

Vehicle accidents in highway work zones. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

Motor vehicle accidents in relation to geometric and traffic features of highway intersections. Volume III - appendices. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

Motor vehicle accidents in relation to geometric and traffic features of highway intersections. Volume I - executive summary. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

Motor vehicle accidents in relation to geometric and traffic features of highway intersections. Volume II - research report. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

The economic cost to society of motor vehicle accidents. 1986 addendum.

Mode of access: Internet.

Societal costs of motor vehicle accidents. Preliminary report.

Mode of access: Internet.

An analysis of commercial motor vehicle accidents in commercial zones. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety, Washington, D.C.

A study of bicycle/motor-vehicle accidents: identification of problem types and countermeasure approaches. Volume 1--text. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

A study of bicycle/motor-vehicle accidents: identification of problem types and countermeasure approaches. Volume 2--appendices A-D. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

A study of bicycle/motor-vehicle accidents: identification of problem types and countermeasure approaches. Volume 3--appendices E-G. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Statistical summary -- motor vehicle accidents in city of Chicago.

Mode of access: Internet.

1975 societal costs of motor vehicle accidents /

Update and revision of Societal costs of motor vehicle accidents: preliminary report, written and published by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 1972.

The effectiveness of center high mounted stop lamps: a preliminary evaluation.

Mode of access: Internet.

Predicting single-vehicle fatal crashes for two-lane rural highways in Southeastern United States

The rural two-lane highway in the southeastern United States is frequently associated with a disproportionate number of serious and fatal crashes and as such remains a focus of considerable safety research. The Georgia Department of Transportation spearheaded a regional fatal crash analysis to identify various safety performances of two-lane rural highways and to offer guidance for identifying suitable countermeasures with which to mitigate fatal crashes. The fatal crash data used in this study were compiled from Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina. The database, developed for an earlier study, included 557 randomly selected fatal crashes from 1997 or 1998 or both (this varied by state). Each participating state identified the candidate crashes and performed physical or video site visits to construct crash databases with enhance site-specific information. Motivated by the hypothesis that single- and multiple-vehicle crashes arise from fundamentally different circumstances, the research team applied binary logit models to predict the probability that a fatal crash is a single-vehicle run-off-road fatal crash given roadway design characteristics, roadside environment features, and traffic conditions proximal to the crash site. A wide variety of factors appears to influence or be associated with single-vehicle fatal crashes. In a model transferability assessment, the authors determined that lane width, horizontal curvature, and ambient lighting are the only three significant variables that are consistent for single-vehicle run-off-road crashes for all study locations.