Projectco-financedbytheEuropeanCommissionDirectorateGeneralforMobilityandTransportRoadSafetyData,Collection,TransferandAnalysisDeliverable5.9-ReviewofAccidentcausationmodelsusedinRoadAccidentResearchPleaserefertothisreportasfollows:Hermitte,T(21/09/2012)Title,D5.9ReviewofAccidentcausationmodelsusedinRoadAccidentResearchoftheECFP7projectDaCoTA.GrantagreementNoTREN/FP7/TR/233659/"DaCoTA"Theme:SustainableSurfaceTransport:CollaborativeprojectProjectCoordinator:ProfessorPeteThomas,VehicleSafetyResearchCentre,ESRILoughboroughUniversity,AshbyRoad,Loughborough,LE113TU,UKProjectStartdate:01/01/2010Duration36monthsOrganisationnameofleadcontractorforthisdeliverable:GIEREPSARENAULTReportAuthor(s):HERMITTEThierry(GIEREPR)Duedateofdeliverable31/01/2012Submissiondate:21/09/2012Projectco-fundedbytheEuropeanCommissionwithintheSeventhFrameworkProgrammeDisseminationLevel(deleteasappropriate)PUPublicTABLEOFCONTENTSExecutivesummary.................................................................................................31.Summary..........................................................................................................62.Introduction......................................................................................................73.Accidentsandcauses.....................................................................................93.1.Whydoweneedtounderstandaccidents?.............................................................93.2.Whatisacause?....................................................................................................103.3.Theneedforaccidentcausationmodels...............................................................123.4.Thesystemicapproach..........................................................................................134.Thedescriptionandanalysisoftheaccidentcausationmodels...............164.1.Theontologicalpointofview:thecomponentsoftheDVEsystemandtheirinteractions..........................................................................................................................164.1.1.TheDVEmodel..................................................................................................164.1.2.Thehaddonmatrix.............................................................................................184.2.TheTeleologicalpointofview:purposesandmotivations....................................204.3.Thefunctionalpointofview:theDVEsystemprocesses......................................204.3.1.TheHFFmodel..................................................................................................204.3.2.TheACASSmodel.............................................................................................244.4.Thetransformationalpointofview:thesequenceofevents..................................274.4.1.Thesequentialmodel.........................................................................................274.4.2.TheOTSandVALTmodels...............................................................................304.4.3.Thedominotheory.............................................................................................314.4.4.TheDREAMmodel............................................................................................335.Conclusion...................................................................