LeShan introduces his article with a concise but well selected review of the literature on the dynamics of accident-prone behavior and then presents a description and evaluation of a study performed on fifty-four accident-prone persons. The test used was the Worthington Personal History—a projective test with questions centering around various areas such as family, education, health, employment, etc. Six major factors appeared in the analysis of the protocols: 1, superficial relationship to others; 2, tension over their own health and the state of their bodies; 3, striving for higher social status which has either failed in part or is undertaken with little chance of success; 4, hysteroid 'blocking out' or distortion of stimuli with a tendency to perceive stimuli in terms of their own needs; 5, aggression toward authority; 6, poor and erratic planning