MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION SUMMARIES, VOLUME 2, NUMBER 4.

THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION DIVISION OF THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION IS CONDUCTING IN-DEPTH STUDIES OF HIGHWAY CRASHES THROUGH CONTRACTS WITH UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH-BASED MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS. THE PROGRAM HAS THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES: TO IDENTIFY CONTRIBUTING FACTORS IN AUTOMOBILE CRASHES; AND INJURY CAUSATION; TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COUNTERMEASURES; TO PROVIDE EARLY DETECTION OF DESIGN AND FUNCTIONAL PROBLEMS OF THE VEHICLE AND THE HIGHWAY. ENCLOSED ARE SUMMARIES OF RECENT IN-DEPTH STUDIES SUBMITTED BY THESE TEAMS TO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1971-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 24 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash injury research; Crash investigation; Crashes; Highway design; Injuries; Multidisciplinary teams; Research; Vehicle performance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221977
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 5 1973 12:00AM