MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION SUMMARIES.
THE REPORT CONTAINS CASE SUMMARIES OF RECENT IN-DEPTH REPORTS SUBMITTED BY NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY ADMINISTRATION SPONSORED MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION TEAMS IN A CONTINUING SERIES OF PUBLICATIONS. ACCIDENTS ARE INVOLVING VEHICLES OF THE LAST THREE MODEL YEARS OF FATAL, INJURY PRODUCING, OR PROPERTY DAMAGE SEVERITY. THE TEAMS INVESTIGATE THE ACCIDENTS IN-DEPTH CONCERNING THEMSELVES WITH EACH ELEMENT OF THE COLLISION (HUMAN, VEHICLE, ENVIRONMENT) AS IT INTERACTS WITH EACH PHASE OF THE COLLISION (PRE-CRASH, CRASH, POST-CRASH). THE SUMMARIES CONSIST OF IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION, BASIC INFORMATION ON THE HIGHWAY AND VEHICLES INVOLVED, A DESCRIPTION OF THE DRIVERS AND OCCUPANTS WITH THEIR INJURIES, A PHASE-BY-PHASE DESCRIPTION OF THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS OF THE COLLISION, AND A LIST OF THE CAUSAL FACTORS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. A DIAGRAM OF EACH COLLISION IS INCLUDED. /NTIS/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Rept No DOT-HS-601-447
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Corporate Authors:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Office of Accident Investigation and Data Analysis, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 - Publication Date: 1973-8
Media Info
- Pagination: 336 p.
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Serial:
- Volume: 4
- Issue Number: 6
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: 00222379
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Apr 3 1974 12:00AM