MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION SUMMARIES, VOLUME 2, NUMBER 5.

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 SUTDIES SUBMITTED BY THE TEAMS TO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION. /AUTHOR/

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  • Pagination: 237 p.

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  • Accession Number: 00221978
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
  • Files: TRIS, USDOT
  • Created Date: Aug 5 1973 12:00AM