1. What Factors Influence Collisions Rates the Most ? By: Dimitar Hristov, Vesko Avramov, and Ayman Barri Brookfield High School, Ottawa

2. Thesis: What influences collision rates the most?

3. Introduction Road traffic accidents kill more than one million people a year, injuring another thirty-eight million (5 million of them seriously). The death toll on the world's roadways makes driving the number one cause of death and injury for young people ages 15 to 44. Road traffic accidents kill more than one million people a year, injuring another thirty-eight million (5 million of them seriously). The death toll on the world's roadways makes driving the number one cause of death and injury for young people ages 15 to 44. This is a cross-sectional study of Ontario ’ s drivers and the factors that affect collision rates the most. The topic itself is very broad but we have chosen 8 question that we will focus on in our study. The information gathered in this research was primarily quantitative data which was collected using secondary data from the years 1993 – 2003 Questions of Focus: What was the number of collisions by gender in between the period of 1993-2003? What was the number of collisions by gender in between the period of 1993-2003? What was the number of collisions by age groups in between the period of 1993-2003? What was the number of collisions by age groups in between the period of 1993-2003? How did driving schools affect collisions in between the period of 1993-2003? How did driving schools affect collisions in between the period of 1993-2003? What was the number of impaired drivers involved in collisions in between the period of 1993-2003? What was the number of impaired drivers involved in collisions in between the period of 1993-2003? What time of the day did most collisions occur in between the period of 1993-2003? What time of the day did most collisions occur in between the period of 1993-2003? How many collisions occurred due to apparent driver action in between the period of 1993-2003? How many collisions occurred due to apparent driver action in between the period of 1993-2003? How many collisions occurred due to weather conditions in between the period of 1993-2003? How many collisions occurred due to weather conditions in between the period of 1993-2003? How did technology and car accessories affect collisions in between the period of 1993-2003? How did technology and car accessories affect collisions in between the period of 1993-2003?

4. Section 1: Collisions by Gender Annex A – Table 1

5. Annex A – Table 2

6. MaleFemale Mean283,114127,306 Median283,434122,624 Standard Deviation19,9298,747 Annex A – Table 3

7. Section 2: Collisions by Age Groups Annex B – Table 4

8. Age Group S. Deviation Under 16 0.001 16 – 20 0.065 21 – 24 0.054 25-340.185 35-440.000 45 – 54 0.038 55 – 64 0.023 65 – 74 0.008 75 + 0.009 unknown0.064 Sample Calculation: 1993 Probability of age group 16-20 to be in a collision : = # of 16-20 drivers in collisions / # of 16-20 drivers = 45862 / 437612 = 10.48% Annex B – Table 4

9. Age GroupProbability for Year (in %) ‘93‘94‘95‘96‘97‘98‘99‘00‘01‘02‘03 Under 16----------- 16-2010.489.488.327.296.966.917.027.637.457.366.95 21-248.267.977.727.176.936.776.997.356.937.076.74 25-346.596.526.326.156.005.645.765.935.585.685.66 35-445.145.134.974.924.964.694.845.084.915.075.12 45-544.384.424.294.244.324.114.144.354.204.354.37 55-643.743.723.593.633.643.413.523.703.483.61 65-743.063.022.972.92 2.782.762.902.792.862.83 75+3.493.213.353.162.972.872.752.732.652.692.60 unknown----------- Annex B – Table 2&3

11. Section 3: The Effect of Driving Schools on Collisions

12. Section 4: Impaired Drivers Annex d – Table 2

13. Section 5: Time of Day Annex E – Table 1

14. Section 6: Collisions due to Apparent Driver Action Annex F – Table 1

15. Annex F – Table 2

16. Section 7: Collisions due to Weather Conditions Annex G – Table 1

17. Annex G – Table 2

18. Section 8: Collisions due to Apparent Driver Action Annex H – Table 2

20. Conclusion: Since most people feel that young drivers are the main reason for collisions, we have decided to conduct a research on the various factors that cause the most collisions. The biggest factor that causes collisions is in fact the time of the day. The most collisions occur during the period of 3pm – 6pm. The second biggest factor that causes collisions is apparent driver action, for example speeding, loosing control of vehicle, failing to follow driving rules, and etc. Weather condition is the third biggest factor and the last but not least factor of collisions are the age groups. Since most people feel that young drivers are the main reason for collisions, we have decided to conduct a research on the various factors that cause the most collisions. The biggest factor that causes collisions is in fact the time of the day. The most collisions occur during the period of 3pm – 6pm. The second biggest factor that causes collisions is apparent driver action, for example speeding, loosing control of vehicle, failing to follow driving rules, and etc. Weather condition is the third biggest factor and the last but not least factor of collisions are the age groups.

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