A STUDY OF SEVERE VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS. PHASE 2. FINAL REPORT

RESULTS ARE GIVEN OF A STUDY OF 20 SEVERE AUTOMOBILE COLLISIONS IN ATLANTA, ANALYZED BY A MEDICO-ENGINEERING TEAM. RESEARCH INCLUDED AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF FACTORS CAUSING ACCIDENTS AS WELL AS A STUDY OF THE SECONDARY COLLISIONS TO ESTABLISH THE KINEMATICS OF THE OCCUPANTS AND TO IDENTIFY THE FACTORS CAUSING INJURY AND DEATH. A PILOT STUDY PRECEDING THIS WORK DESCRIBED THE TRAINING OF THE MEDICO-ENGINEERING TEAM. THIS REPORT DESCRIBES SELECTION CRITERIA FOR THE ACCIDENTS STUDIED AND THE METHODS OF STUDY USED. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND INJURY PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ARE INCLUDED. ATTEMPTS ARE MADE TO FIND THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF EACH ACCIDENT. /HSL/

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Georgia, Experiment

  Georgia Experiment Station
  Experiment, GA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Jolley, F L
  • Wright, P H
• Publication Date: 1969-2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash severity; Crashes; Injuries; Kinetics; Prevention; Safety; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220602
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Report/Paper Numbers: 186 pp
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 19 1970 12:00AM