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Hazard Perception · Topic 5 of 6 · ~1 min read
Who Crashes, and When
Hazard perception is partly about the road and partly about the driver. This lesson turns the lens around. The research on who crashes is consistent: it is not mostly bad luck, and it is not evenly spread. Certain drivers, certain attitudes, certain places and certain hours carry far more of the risk than the rest. None of it is here to frighten you. It is here so that you can recognise the pattern when it is you, which is the only point at which you can do anything about it.
In this lesson you'll learn
- Why newly qualified drivers are the highest-risk group despite having the most recent training
- The attitudes that mark the small group of drivers involved in a large share of crashes, and how to check yourself for them
- The situations and times when crashes cluster
- How sharply a pedestrian's chance of surviving falls as impact speed rises
- 1. The New DriverExplain why newly qualified drivers carry the highest crash risk, and identify the habits that reduce it.
- 2. The Accident-Prone DriverRecognise the attitudes behind the leading causes of Kenyan crashes, and audit your own driving for them.
- 3. When to Be Extra CarefulIdentify the days, hours and manoeuvres at which Kenyan crashes cluster, and raise your attention for them.
- 4. Speed and the PedestrianIdentify pedestrians as the largest group killed on Kenyan roads, and explain why a small reduction in speed decides whether they survive.