A REVISED TRAFFIC CRASH MANAGEMENT AND INVESTIGATION MANUAL TO ACCOMPANY THE UNIFORM TRAFFIC POLICE CRASH REPORT

THIS VOLUME PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW AND SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A POLICE ADMINISTRATOR AND ACCIDENT INVESTIGATOR FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND INVESTIGATION OF A TRAFFIC CRASH AND CONTAINS DIRECTIONS FOR COMPLETING A UNIFORM ACCIDENT REPORT. IT IS BASED ON A MODEL OF THE SEQUENCE OF DECISIONS AVAILABLE TO AN INVESTIGATOR, FROM NOTIFICATION OR DETECTION OF THE ACCIDENT THROUGH ON-THE-SCENE INVESTIGATION TO THE POST-SCENE INVESTIGATION. IT IS NOT INTENDED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR AN ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION TEXT. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 100 Pp, 51 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Travelers Research Center, Inc

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• Authors:
  • BLUMENTHAL, M
  • Wuerdemann, H
  • Manseau, J A
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administrative procedures; Crash investigation; Crash reports; Decision making; Manuals; Mathematical models; Police; Reports
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Decisions
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220766
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 19 1970 12:00AM