MULTIDISCIPLINARY HIGHWAY CRASH INVESTIGATION TEAM

ON-SCENE AND IN-DEPTH FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION OF 25 INDIANA VEHICLE-RELATED ACCIDENTS WAS CONDUCTED. MEDICAL, ENGINEERING, AND EXPERIENCED ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION PERSONNEL COMPRISED THE PRIMARY ELEMENTS OF THE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT WERE: IDENTIFICATION OF ACCIDENT CAUSATION AND INJURY CAUSATION; EVALUATION OF SAFETY FEATURE EFFECTIVENESS; DETECTION OF DESIGN AND FUNCTIONAL PROBLEMS OF THE VEHICLE AND HIGHWAY; DETERMINATION OF VEHICLE AGING EFFECTS AND THE VALUE OF PERIODIC INSPECTION; AND STUDY OF DRIVER CHARACTERISTICS. CASE SUMMARIES ARE PRESENTED AND CAUSAL FACTORS DISCUSSED. DRIVER ERROR WAS THE PRIMARY CAUSE IN NEARLY ALL CASES; VEHICULAR AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS USUALLY WERE INVOLVED ALSO. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 190 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  Indiana University, Bloomington

  107 S Indiana Avenue
  Bloomington, IN  United States  47405
• Authors:
  • JOSCELYN, K B
  • Treat, J R
• Publication Date: 1970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Case studies; Crash causes; Design; Drivers; Human characteristics; Injuries; Inspection; Motor vehicles; Multidisciplinary teams; Safety; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221717
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 3 1972 12:00AM