CAR COLLISIONS - THE MOVEMENT OF CARS AND THEIR OCCUPANTS IN ACCIDENTS

THE MOVEMENT OF CARS STRIKING OBSTACLES OF VARIOUS KINDS HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED AND, IN ALL CASES, SIMPLE MATHEMATICAL ANALYSES HAVE BEEN FOUND ADEQUATE TO PREDICT THESE MOTIONS. THE OBSTACLES CONSIDERED WERE LAMP COLUMNS, TREES, BRIDGE ABUTMENTS AND WALLS, STRUCK AT VARIOUS ANGLES AND SPEEDS, AND THE TWO- VEHICLE COLLISIONS COVERING A RANGE OF WEIGHTS, VELOCITIES, AND COLLISION, ANGLES, PRESENTING HEAD ON, REAR, END, AND INTERSECTION ACCIDENTS. THE MOVEMENTS OF THE CAR OCCUPANTS AND THEIR VELOCITIES, RELATIVE TO THE CAR DURING THE MOST VIOLENT PHASES OF IMPACT, ARE ALSO CALCULATED. THE THEORETICAL CONCLUSIONS ARE ILLUSTRATED BY EXAMPLES TAKEN FROM ACTUAL ACCIDENTS. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Mechanical Engineers

  1 Birdcage Walk
  London SW1H 9JJ,   England 
• Authors:
  • GRIME, G
  • Jones, I S
• Conference:
  • Institution of Mechanical Engineers Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 87-136
• Serial:
  • Volume: 184
  • Issue Number: 5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Crash injury research; Crashes; Mathematical analysis; Motion; Research; Speed; Traffic crashes; Vehicle occupants
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222065
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 8 1973 12:00AM