MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS. PHASE 4. FINAL REPORT

THE RESULTS OF A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF 25 VEHICULAR COLLISIONS IN GEORGIA DURING JULY 1969-AUGUST 1970 ARE SUMMARIZED. ONE OF THE CRASHES, INVOLVING A SCHOOL BUS, OCCURRED IN ATHENS, THE OTHERS OCCURRED IN METROPOLITAN ATLANTA. THE RESEARCH WAS CARRIED OUT BY A NINE-MAN MULTIDISCIPLINARY INVESTIGATION TEAM, AND INCLUDED AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF FACTORS LEADING TO THE INITIATION OF ACCIDENTS AS WELL AS A STUDY OF THE SECOND COLLISION TO ESTABLISH THE OCCUPANT KINEMATICS AND IDENTIFY THE CAUSES OF INJURIES AND DEATHS. ACCIDENT FACTORS DISCUSSED ARE: ACCIDENT SITE AND ITS HISTORY, MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF INVOLVED VEHICLES, MEDICAL REPORTS OR AUTOPSIES OF THE INJURED, PSYCHOLOGIST'S REPORTS OF DRIVER INTERVIEWS, DRIVERS' VIOLATION RECORDS, AND POLICE REPORTS. /HSL/

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Georgia, Experiment

  Georgia Experiment Station
  Experiment, GA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Wright, P H
• Publication Date: 1970-8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash investigation; Crashes; Drivers; Fatalities; Injuries; Interviewing; Kinetics; Location; Mechanical analysis; Medical examinations and tests; Multidisciplinary teams; Police; Records management; Secondary crashes; Vehicle occupants; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Building sites; Causes; Records; Violations
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221347
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Report/Paper Numbers: 70 pp
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 12 1971 12:00AM