To skid or not to skid - tell tale tyre marks

Skidding has been found to be one of the major causes of accidents on roads. The paper provides a background to the phenomenon of skidding on straight and curved roads in dry as well as wet weather. Skid marks form an important part of forensic investigation and help an investigator to analyse and reconstruct a traffic accident. Tyre marks of various kinds, forms and shape, resulting from rolling, accelerating, decelerating, cornering and breaking are discussed. A factual example has been added to demonstrate how these tyre marks can help the investigation and reconstruction of a traffic accident.

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• Authors:
  • Qizilbash, A
• Conference:
  • International Conference on Accident Investigation, Reconstruction, Interpretation and the Law, 1995, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 283-94
• Monograph Title: Road accidents in their legal context

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Braking; Crash investigation; Crash reconstruction; Dry weather; Highway curves; Overturning; Roads; Skidding; Speed; Surface course (Pavements); Tires; Wet weather
• ATRI Terms: Acceleration; Braking; Crash investigation; Crash reconstruction; Curve; Dry road; Overturning; Skidding; Speed; Tyre; Wet road
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01435781
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0868569895
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 24 2012 7:15PM