Citation

Leff J, Gunn J. Accid. Anal. Prev. 1973; 5(4): 253-259.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1973, Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

A technique is described for observing face to face encounters between car drivers. A high degree of inter-rater reliability was achieved. It was found that female drivers give way to male drivers in such encounters at roundabouts. Observations of the make of car and sex of the driver showed that there was a significant lack of women driving the larger cars. Observations of interactions of male drivers showed that the size of the vehicle was not a determinant of yielding behaviour. The possible protective effect of this behaviour was investigated by examining the accident statistics. It was found that, as predicted, the proportion of male-female accidents was lower for priority situations than for non-priority situations. However, this difference was not significant.