MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION. MMF-FINAL REPORT 1971

A MULTIDISCIPLINARY HIGHWAY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION PROGRAM WAS CARRIED OUT DURING A 13 MONTH PERIOD IN THE BALTIMORE METROPOLITAN REGION AND SURROUNDING RURAL AREA. INVESTIGATIONS OF 36 ACCIDENTS INCLUDED VEHICULAR EXAMINATION, ACCIDENT SCENE VISIT, COMPLETE AUTOPSY OF ALL FATALLY INJURED DRIVERS AND SOME PASSENGERS WITH COMPLETE TOXICOLOGICAL ANALYSIS FOR ALCOHOL AND A WIDE VARIETY OF DRUGS, AND EXTENSIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF MANY DRIVERS. METHODOLOGY, RESULTS, AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT AND PROPOSED FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARDS AND ON PERIODIC MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION ARE GIVEN. INCLUDED ARE REPORTS ON A NUMBER OF SPECIAL INTEREST CASES, INCLUDING CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IN A VEHICULAR SETTING, ACTION TAKEN TO IMPROVE SEVERAL SEGMENTS OF HIGHWAYS THAT HAD ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS, AND ACTION TO NOTIFY MANUFACTURERS OF DEFECTS IN DOOR LATCH SYSTEMS AND SEALING MECHANISMS FOR REAR TRUNK AREA DOORS.

• Corporate Authors:

  Maryland Medical-Legal Foundation, Incorporated

  111 Penn Street
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21202
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 419 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Crash causes; Crash investigation; Drivers; Drunk driving; Fatalities; Inspection; Motor vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver psychology
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222135
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 15 1973 12:00AM