TRI-LEVEL ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION SUMMARIES. LEVEL 3A, INJURY CAUSATION

THE REPORT BRIEFLY INTRODUCES AND DESCRIBES THE TRI-LEVEL ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION CONCEPT. BASICALLY, THREE LEVELS OF INFORMATION ARE COLLECTED: EXPOSURE AND ACCIDENT RATE INFORMATION; ACCIDENT INFORMATION ON A LARGE SAMPLE OF ACCIDENTS NOT NORMALLY COLLECTED BY THE POLICE; AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY IN-DEPTH INFORMATION COLLECTED ON A SMALL SAMPLE OF ACCIDENTS BY A TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS. THE REPORT SPECIFICALLY CONTAINS LEVEL 3A ACCIDENT SUMMARIES. THESE SUMMARIES ARE BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF INJURY-PRODUCING ACCIDENTS INVESTIGATED TO DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC INJURIES INCURRED AND IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC INTERIOR COMPONENTS WHICH CAUSED SUCH INJURIES. THIS VOLUME CONTAINS SUMMARIES OF 50 INJURY CAUSATION CASES. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract FH-11-7098
• Corporate Authors:

  Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Incorporated

  4455 Genesee Street
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14221
• Publication Date: 1972-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 188 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash investigation; Crash rates; Data collection; Injuries; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221955
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 5 1973 12:00AM