Highway and urban speed air suspended heavy vehicle accident signatures

The investigation highlights the need for vastly improved driver education, more extensive accident details and more thorough accident investigations. The identified accident signatures suggest the need for improved suspension hardware details and parameters. It also identifies paramount implications for road maintenance, road design and the imminent introduction of advanced heavy vehicle handling and braking technologies.

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• Authors:
  • McLean, A
• Conference:
  • Australasian College of Road Safety National Conference, 2009, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• Publication Date: 2009-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 16p
• Monograph Title: Incidence and management of cervical spine injuries in fatal road traffic accidents

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Drivers; Heavy vehicles; Highway safety; Safety; Vehicle design; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Vehicle suspension
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 9011: Design (overall design); 1602: Fatality; 1236: Lorry; 1329: Suspension (veh)
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I80: Accident Studies; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01343577
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 9780958569132
• Files: ITRD, ARRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 7 2011 8:49AM