MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS. PHASE II

THE REPORT IS A SUMMARIZATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE AND SYSTEMATIC IN-DEPTH STUDY OF 80 MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS THAT OCCURRED IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA. THE RESEARCH WAS A TEAM EFFORT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, PHYSICIANS, A PSYCHOLOGIST, AN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEER, A PATHOLOGIST, A MATHEMATICIAN, TECHNICIANS, AN ANALYST, SECRETARIES AND GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. THE RESEARCH INCLUDES A STUDY OF PROCEDURES UTILIZED IN INVESTIGATING AND REPORTING ALL COLLISION INVOLVED ASPECTS OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - THE VEHICLE, THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE HUMAN, DURING EACH PHASE OF THE COLLISION - PRE-, AT THE POST-CRASH. FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PRESENTED, BASED ON DATA FROM 80 CASES. /NTIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract DOT-HS-010-1-176 Rept No USC-73
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Southern California, Los Angeles

  Institute of Aerosapce Safety and Management
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90007
• Authors:
  • BAIRD, J D
  • Sublett, F L
  • Parkison, G A
  • AUSTIN, E
  • Pang, J M
• Publication Date: 1973-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 420 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash injury research; Crash investigation; Crashes; Design standards; Fatalities; Human factors; Injuries; Multidisciplinary teams; Research
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222378
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 3 1974 12:00AM