Download or read book An Investigation of Selected Accident Related Variables in Recreational Boating written by Thomas C. Mack and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Special Study written by United States. National Transportation Safety Board and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Regulatory Effectiveness Methodology Phase II Research written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An integrated package of methods is presented for evaluating the benefits and costs of USCG recreational boating safety (and similar) programs and regulations. A general procedure for developing specific accident model data bases is presented along with a selection guide of model forms. An Accident Recovery Model is described in depth and used to develop benefit estimations. Guidelines for and examples of the multistate benefit analysis technique are presented. The Box-Jenkins approach to time series analysis is described and used to generate forecasts of future boating fatalities. Equations are developed for predicting the potential benefits of contemplated regulations. Analytic techniques, including intervention analysis and Benefit Assessment Diagram methods, are presented for assessing the past benefit effects of USCG regulations. Benefit evaluation examples include the level flotation, safe powering, safe loading, and basic flotation regulations. Some basic interrelationship models are presented to illustrate the nature of the marine market and the cost transfers required for tracking cost elements.

Download or read book Recreational Boat Safety Collision Research Collision Accident Investigations written by R. MacNeill and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an effort to better identify accident causes and to serve as an input to the development of an effective collision research program, the Coast Guard initiated a program to investigate twelve pleasure boat collision type accidents during calendar year 1976. Current research efforts are directed towards investigating visibility, control station design and noise as factors which may be related to collision accidents; therefore, the selection of accidents investigated were based on initial indications that one of the above mentioned parameters could have been influential in causing the accident. This report contains the following: A synopsis of the accident reporting system; The methodology used to screen and select accidents for investigation; An overview of the type of data acquired during the investigation; A summary of important parameters of each boat involved; Narrative summaries of each selected accident; and Complete reports of each accident investigated.

Download or read book Study of Recreational Boat Accidents Boating Safety Programs and Preventive Awareness written by United States. National Transportation Safety Board and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Study of Recreational Boat Accidents Boating Safety Programs and Preventive Recommendations written by United States. National Transportation Safety Board and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Special Study written by United States. Bureau of Surface Transportation Safety and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Boating Safety Report written by California. Department of Boating and Waterways and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Detailed Study of Power and Load Related Boating Accident Data written by R. B. Dayton and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report describes an investigation of recreational boating accidents relating to power and load. The reports of Coast Guard accident files were studied to determine the events preceeding the accidents and to relate some aspect of power and /or loading. 379 cases were studied, these consisted of open motorboats up to 20' in length having fatal accidents during 1971 and 1972. Three typical accident categories were examined--speed related, load related, and collisions. The most common pre-accident descriptors called 'casualty initiators' are discussed so that basic problem areas can be defined and remedy sources identified. Brief reviews of four major problem areas are discussed which involve the general instability problem associated with small, lightweight 'John Boat' types.

Download or read book Recreational Boating in the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book BEYOND HUMAN FACTORS EXAMINING THE UNDERLYING DETERMINANTS OF RECREATIONAL BOATING ACCIDENTS WITH SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND MODELING written by Ernest Marshburn and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recreational boating has grown in popularity in recent decades, accompanied with increased accidents resulting in property damage and personal injury. Some 5,000 recreational boating accidents are reported annually, ranking recreational boating as a leading cause of transportation accidents, second only to automotive. Recent research suggests that recreational boating accidents stem from multiple factors. In contrast, public perception and public policy overwhelmingly attribute boating accidents to human error, e.g., operator drug or alcohol use or lack of experience. This dissertation offers a comprehensive perspective on recreational boating accidents by exploring human, technological, and environmental factors that most influence these accidents. This level of inclusiveness is absent from previous research. The conceptual model developed in this dissertation is derived from general accident theory that integrates spatial and temporal qualities of recreational boating (and boating accidents) from satellite imagery, on-the-water boater surveys, and federal boating accident data. Data were assembled for two distinctive research sites, Sandusky, OH and Tampa, FL. Analyses of these data depended, in part, upon various forms of spatial statistics, e.g., hot spot analyses. The boating accident model developed here uses the multivariate negative binomial model to analyze accident count data aggregated to 0.25 mi2 grid cells. The result is a synthetic model with improved parameter estimates and predictive capability compared to previous boating accident research. Key risk factors contained in the final model clearly represent human (operator experience), technological (boat speed and length), and environmental (boat density and channel character) dimensions. This research has important societal impact, i.e., to public officials faced with the allocation of limited resources. In particular, this research emphasizes the concentrated nature of boating risk in time (seasonality, day of week, time of day) and in space (shoals, channels, fixed facilities). These features should guide the timing and the placement of mobile law enforcement capacity as well as the location of operation centers near high risk boating sites. Finally, this work emphasizes the need for investigations of additional sites and the importance of including remotely sensed data to complement survey data in studies of recreational boating accidents.

Download or read book Proceedings of Workshop on Alcohol Related Accidents in Recreational Boating written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Recreational Boat Safety Collision Research Problems definition written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Safety Study written by United States. National Transportation Safety Board and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Biological and Physical Aspects of Dredging Kings Bay Georgia written by Stephen V. Shabica and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This proceedings contains papers presented at the specialty conference Stat end Local Issues in Transportation of Hazardous Materials: Toward a National Strategy held on May 14-16, 1990 in St. Louis, Missouri. The papers span a wide spectrum of technical, regulatory, and policy aspects of hazardous materials transportation. The papers are organized into the following five thematic areas: 1) legislative issues, 2) risk perception, 3) database development, 4) risk assessment/routing, and 5) risk management and advanced technologies. Within these broad categories, such topics as the need for local control, the design of protective systems into highways systems, the use of information to assess accident trends, the importance of individual and societal risk analysis in decision making, and the development of computer software to assist in routing hazardous materials are explored.

Download or read book Pleasure Boat Loading Related Accident Education written by E. Sager and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Coast Guard has undertaken research to identify educational alternatives in its long term efforts to improve the safety of recreational boating. Other organizations involved in boating safety education may find the illustrative approaches valuable in designing their boating safety education efforts. This project deals with educational solutions to loading related pleasure boat accidents. It was conducted in conjunction with two other projects to offer an illustrative overall educational program for loading related and collision pleasure boat accidents. The intent of this project is to establish educational content and methods that address the more serious loading related accident causes and will offer potential for reducing accidents and fatalities. The major loading related accident causes have been identified, and demographic characteristics were determined for operators of boats involved in the more frequently occurring accidents. A survey to determine boaters' attitudinal response to certain boating safety issues has been conducted. The results of the survey are suggested attitudinal resources for planning an educational program. Four personality inventories were also administered to boaters, but the results of the study were not conclusive. Educatonal program objectives, program message content, delivery systems and considerations for execution of the program are being recommended. If the recommended plan is undertaken, a small scale mass media effort would be required. Other recommended educational materials would be made available from the Coast Guard at the request of local or state agencies and private organizations that offer formal boating courses. (Author).

Download or read book Collision Accident Investigations for 1977 Season written by J. Clarke and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report details the results of six in-depth boating accident investigations. The accidents were selected from 76 collisions reported by Coast Guard and state units. The procedures for selecting accidents for invesitgation are detailed. Summaries of each accident investigated are given. Each of the accident investigation reports are attached as appendices to the report. (Author).