MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS, PHASE 5

THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES THE RESULTS OF A COMPREHENSIVE AND SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THIRTY VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS WHICH OCCURED IN THE METROPOLITAN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AREA. THE RESEARCH WAS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM EFFORT. THE RESEARCH INCLUDED AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF FACTORS LEADING TO THE INITIATION OF ACCIDENTS AS WELL AS A STUDY OF THE "SECOND COLLISION" TO ESTABLISH THE THE KINEMATICS OF THE OCCUPANTS AND TO IDENTIFY THE AGENT(S) WHICH CAUSED THE INJURIES AND DEATHS. A SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS FROM 100 COLLISION INVESTIGATIONS IS INCLUDED IN THE REPORT. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • REP NO GIT-CE-PW-FO5
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Georgia, Experiment

  Georgia Experiment Station
  Experiment, GA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Wright, P H
  • Jolley, F L
  • McSwain, N E
  • Stivers, R R
• Publication Date: 1971-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 132 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash injury research; Crash investigation; Crashes; Fatalities; Injuries; Kinetics; Multidisciplinary teams; Research; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221842
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1972 12:00AM