Accidents Involving Guilty Car Drivers in Sri Lanka

Abstract

Car drivers are only second to motorcycle riders in getting involved in traffic accidents in Sri Lanka. Therefore car drivers are the majority of the drivers who have been guilty of the traffic accidents in the country in recent years. The data collected by the Traffic Police, Sri Lanka on age of vehicle, age and gender of driver, ownership of the vehicle, validity and maturity of the driving license, and driver's crash factor on the accidents involving car drivers at fault (as decided by the police) happened in 2010 and 2011 are used for this study. More than 90% of car drivers who found to be liable for the accidents within this period are male, private owners of cars and more than 90% of them are holding valid driving licenses too. Thus data modelling is focused on finding the associations between age of the driver, age of the vehicle, the maturity of driving license and driver's crash factor. The model revealed important associations between the age levels of driver, the maturity of the driving license, and different reasons of drivers for the crash versus the levels of their age and the age of the vehicle.