DATA RETRIEVAL BY ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION FOR SAFER VEHICLE DESIGN

TO RETRIEVE THE MOST NEEDED DATA FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFETY DESIGN AND TO TRANSLATE ACTUAL ACCIDENTS AS CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTS, AN ENGINEERING METHOD WAS DEVELOPED TO RECONSTRUCT ACCIDENTS. IT SYNTHESIZES PREVIOUSLY VALIDATED ANALYTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL KNOWLEDGE PERTINENT TO AUTOMOBILE COLLISION MECHANICS. THE METHOD WAS APPLIED TO AN ACTUAL ACCIDENT, INDICATING THAT THE METHODOLOGY IS SOUND AND ACCURATE. /SAE/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • SAE 720284
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Los Angeles

  Los Angeles, CA  United States 

  University of Southern California, Los Angeles

  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90089
• Authors:
  • Emori, R I
  • BAIRD, J D
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: 7 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Crashes; Data collection; Reconstruction; Vehicle safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicular safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223751
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 18 1972 12:00AM