SOME POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY FOR MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION

THE MAIN OBJECTIVE WAS TO EVALUATE "STATE OF THE ART" TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED FOR OTHER PURPOSES TO DETERMINE WHERE IT COULD BE APPLIED TO MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, ESPECIALLY IN THE DETERMINATION OF ACCIDENT CAUSATION. THIS STUDY WAS DIRECTED TO EXAMINE THE INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS OF ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION FOR ALL PURPOSES AND PROPOSED USES. TECHNIQUES STUDIED INCLUDE: MULTI-LEVEL ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION; INTERVIEWS WITH INVOLVED PERSONS; PRESERVATION OF ACCIDENT-INDUCED EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 27 Pp, 5 ReF
• Corporate Authors:

  Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Incorporated

  4455 Genesee Street
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14221
• Authors:
  • Keryeski, J M
• Publication Date: 1968

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash investigation; Interviewing; On the scene crash investigation; State of the art studies; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221444
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 15 1972 12:00AM