MULTIDISCIPLINARY INVESTIGATIONS TO DETERMINE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VEHICLE DEFECTS, FAILURES AND VEHICLE CRASHES. FINAL REPORT

A STUDY OF 34 CRASHES WAS CONDUCTED BY A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEFECTS, FAILURES AND CRASHES. THE PRIMARY VEHICLE COMPONENT SUBSYSTEM DETERMNED TO BE MOST CAUSATIVE OR CONTRIBUTORY WAS DEGRADED BRAKES. FOR EACH CRASH THE VEHICLE WAS EXAMINED, THE CRASH SITE AND ITS ROLE ANALYZED, AND THE DRIVER'S BEHAVIOR AS IT RELATED TO THE CRASH STUDIED. A RATING SYSTEM WAS DEVISED TO IDENTIFY THE ROLE OF EACH FACTOR. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT DEGRADATION FROM WEAR, RATHER THAN ORIGINAL DEFECTS, WAS SIGNIFICANT; 76% OF THE SAMPLE HAD DEFECTS CAUSED BY WEAR AND NONE HAD ORIGINAL DEFECTS. /HSL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Baylor University, Waco

  College of Medicine
  Waco, TX  United States  76706
• Authors:
  • Finch, J R
  • Smith, J P
• Publication Date: 1970-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 235 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Brakes; Crash injury research; Crashes; Defects; Drivers; Failure; Location; Multidisciplinary teams; Research; Vehicles; Wear
• Uncontrolled Terms: Building sites
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221350
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-800 377
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-7254
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 12 1983 12:00AM