Recreational Boat Safety Collision Research - Phase 2. Volume 2. Collision Accident Investigations - 1975
Recreational Boat Safety Collision Research - Phase 2. Volume 2. Collision Accident Investigations - 1975

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Published: 1976

Total Pages: 164

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The 1975 collision research report has been divided into two volumes for convenience. Volume I includes the results of the three Visual Alertness Stressor Tests (VAST) and the results of the cause and stressor identification effort. Volume II is a compilation of the ten individual in-depth reports of the ten collisions that were investigated by Wyle during 1975. Some analyses of causes are presented as in an analysis of the differences between the collision data received from the WATS accident reporting system (the source of accident information leading to accident investigations) and the collision data in CG-357-1975 (representative of all collisions).

Recreational Boat Safety Collision Research: Collision Accident Investigations
Recreational Boat Safety Collision Research: Collision Accident Investigations

Author: R. MacNeill

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Published: 1977

Total Pages: 194

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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.