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

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

• Corporate Authors:

  Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Incorporated

  4455 Genesee Street
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14221
• Publication Date: 1972-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 213 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1n10

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Crash injury research; Crash investigation; Design; Fittings; Injuries; Mechanical rings; Multidisciplinary teams
• Uncontrolled Terms: Collars; Interior
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224411
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Sym Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1974 12:00AM