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The human factor.
Alcohol, fatigue and inappropriate speed relate to the human factor: they affect the driver’s condition or decisions. They can reduce attention, increase reaction time or make vehicle control harder. A crash may involve interacting human, vehicle and road factors; this classification does not attribute every crash to one factor or give an unsupported percentage.
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The human factor.
The vehicle factor
The road and environment factor.
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