accidentology

(ˌæksɪdənˈtɒlədʒɪ)

the study of the prevention of accidents

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These testimonies have been supported by an ethnographic study of skydiving (Hardie-Bick, 2005) and accidentology research.

The situated management of safety during risky sport: learning from skydivers' courses of experience

Differences in traffic exposure between males and females are not enough to explain the differences between the sexes in accidentology. Risk-taking and traffic offenses better explain sex differences in traffic fatalities than the number of kilometers travelled (Waylen & McKenna, 2002).

Sex and age differences in the endorsement of sex stereotypes associated with driving

Accidentology is a good example of a transdiscipline, due to the fact that its research methods are in close relationship to parapsychological procedures.

What have we learned about psi? Reflections on the present of parapsychology

Accidentology: An example of problem solving by multiple agents with multiple representations.

Elicitation support requirements of multi-expertise teams

Renault have been studying safety systems - they call it accidentology - for 50 years and they reckon it has become their passion as part and parcel of their commercial culture.

Motors: LAGUN-AWE; SUPER SAFE TOURER IS JUST BOOTIFUL

Then, we describe and compare the knowledge models obtained for seven experts in accidentology and their representation through conceptual graphs.