DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTER PROGRAM TO AID THE INVESTIGATION OF HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS

A COMPUTER PROGRAM AND AN ASSOCIATED OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM ARE DESCRIBED WHICH HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED TO AID THE INVESTIGATION OF HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS. THE DESCRIBED DEVELOPMENTS CONSTITUTE THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF A SYSTEM WHICH WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PROCESSING AND EVALUATING DATA, VIA RADIO CONTRACT WITH THE OPERATOR OF A TIME-SHARING COMPUTER TERMINAL, WHILE THE INVESTIGATORS ARE AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE. RECONSTRUCTIONS PRODUCED BY THE COMPUTER PROGRAM ARE COMPARED WITH THE RESULTS OF STAGED COLLISIONS IN THE LITERATURE. THE INSTRUMENTED OPTICAL SYSTEM IS DESCRIBED IN DETAIL AND RESULTS OF TRIAL APPLICATIONS ARE DISCUSSED. PLANS FOR COMPLETION AND EVALUATION OF THE OVERALL SYSTEM ARE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No VJ-2979-V-1
• Corporate Authors:

  Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Incorporated

  4455 Genesee Street
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14221
• Authors:
  • MCHENRY, R R
• Publication Date: 1971-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 104 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communication systems; Computer programs; Crash investigation; Fiber optics; Information processing; On the scene crash investigation; Optical measurement
• Old TRIS Terms: Optical communication systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221833
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1972 12:00AM