A Value Based Approach to Determining Top Hazards in Army Ground Vehicle Operations

Every nine hours a US Army Soldier dies. Each and every death affects the lives and vitality of this great country while reducing our combat power against the current and future enemy. The Army Combat Readiness Center (CRC) has transformed into a knowledge center for all losses and is looking to this research as a means of identifying the most severe hazards in Army ground vehicle operations. To address this issue this research incorporates the values of the Army and its current decision-makers into a systematic and logical decision structure that analyzes existing hazards while identifying the most serious driving mishaps. This paper discusses the data analysis of 11,012 driving mishaps and the methods used to accurately identify the leading hazards in ground vehicle operations. This research confirms that Class A accurately reflects the distribution of the entire population of Army Accidents (Class A-C). Ultimately, this research provides empirical evidence that Motivation is the leading cause in driving mishaps. The results of this research provide the groundwork for the selection of controls to minimize driving mishaps, and preserve one of our country's greatest assets - the American Soldier.