FORENSIC SCIENCE IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION

Forensic science is considered to be very useful in (1) establishing the identity of the hit and run vehicle, (2) determining the blood alcohol levels of the drivers and the persons involved in accidents, (3) determining the speed of the vehicle at the time of accident, (4) problems related to mechanical failure of the vehicle. Case studies are cited explaining the detection of vehicles involved in some accident from their paint marks or broken pieces of glass. Determination of blood alcohol level of both vehicle driver as well as the cyclist or pedestrian involved in an accident has been suggested to know the cause of the accident. The covering abstract for the proceedings is TRIS 368005. (TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings and Recommendations fo the Seminar on Safety Management in Road Transport, January 23-24, 1981, Madras.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Road Transport

  13 Patullos Road
  Madras, Tamil Nadu,   India 
• Authors:
  • Chandranayagam, R
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 347-352
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Institute of Road Transport
  • Publisher: Institute of Road Transport

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Blood alcohol levels; Conferences; Crash investigation; Crashes; Defects; Drivers; Evaluation and assessment; Forensic medicine; Forensic science; Hit and run crashes; Intoxication; Mechanical failure; Motor vehicles; Motorcyclists; On the scene crash investigation; Pedestrians; Problem drivers; Speed; Traffic speed; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1553: Blood alcohol content; 9003: Cause; 8525: Conference; 5238: Defect (tech); 1772: Driver; 2231: Drunkenness; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 1507: Hit and run drivers; 1752: Motorcyclist; 1611: On the spot accident investigation; 1733: Pedestrian; 5408: Speed; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00368036
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1982 12:00AM