MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS PHASE 6

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE RESULTS OF PHASE 6 OF A CONTINUING MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION RESEARCH PROGRAM SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION. IT SUMMARIZES THE RESULTS OF A COMPREHENSIVE AND SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF TWENTY-TWO VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS WHICH OCCURRED IN METROPOLITAN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, DURING THE PERIOD OCTOBER, 1971, TO SEPTEMBER, 1972. THE RESEARCH WAS A BROADBASED TEAM EFFORT WHICH INVOLVED THE PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, PHYSICIANS, AN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN, A PATHOLOGIST, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND A SECRETARY. EACH ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION INCLUDED A STUDY OF THE FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE CRASH AS WELL AS AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE "SECOND COLLISION" TO ESTABLISH THE KINEMATICS OF THE OCCUPANTS AND TO IDENTIFY THE AGENT(S) WHICH CAUSED THE INJURIES AND DEATHS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • CNTR NO DOT-HS-166-2-260
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Georgia, Experiment

  Georgia Experiment Station
  Experiment, GA  United States 
• Publication Date: 1972-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 108 p.

Subject/Index Terms

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

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224310
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Fin Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 17 1973 12:00AM