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

THIS REPORT BRIEFLY INTRODUCES AND DESCRIBES THE TRI- LEVEL ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION CONCEPT. BASICALLY, THREE LEVELS OF INFORMATION ARE COLLECTED: (1) EXPOSURE AND ACCIDENT RATE INFORMATION; (2) ACCIDENT INFORMATION ON A LARGE SAMPLE OF ACCIDENTS NOT NORMALLY COLLECTED BY THE POLICE;(3) MULTIDISCIPLINARY IN-DEPTH INFORMATION COLLECTED ON A SMALL SAMPLE OF ACCIDENTS BY A TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS. THIS REPORT SPECIFICALLY CONTAINS LEVEL 3A ACCIDENT SUMMARIES FROM THE TRI-LEVEL STUDY BEING CONDUCTED BY CORNELL AERONAUTICAL LABORATORY (CAL) AND SPONSORED BY THE NHTSA. THESE SUMMARIES ARE BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF INJURY- PRODUCING ACCIDENTS INVESTIGATED BY THE CAL TEAM TO DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC INJURIES INCURRED AND INDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC INTERIOR COMPONENTS WHICH CAUSED SUCH INJURIES. THIS VOLUME CONTAINS SUMMARIES OF 50 INJURY CAUSATION CASES.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • CONT NO: FH-11-7098
• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  Office of Accident Investigation and Data Analysis, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Incorporated

  4455 Genesee Street
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14221
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 206 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 10

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Crash severity; Information management; Information, data, and knowledge; Injuries; Multidisciplinary teams; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222236
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Sum Rep
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 15 1973 12:00AM