MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS. PHASE III

The report is a summarization of a comprehensive and systematic in-depth study of 120 Multidisciplinary Accident Investigations, 40 in each of Phases I, II, and III, that occurred in the Southern California area. The research was a team effort of engineers, physicians, psychologists, automotive engineers, a pathologist, a mathematician, technicians, an analyst, secretaries, graduate and undergraduate students. The research includes a study of procedures utilized in investigating and reporting all collision involved aspects of the transportation system - the vehicle, environment, and human, during each phase of the collision - pre-, at, and post-crash. Findings, conclusions, and recommendations are presented, based on data from the 120 cases.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Phase 2, PB-224 247.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Southern California, Los Angeles

  Institute of Safety and Systems Management, University Park
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90007

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • BAIRD, J D
  • Sublett, F L
  • Parkinson, G A
  • AUSTIN, E
  • BROWNE, S
• Publication Date: 1974-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 416 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Crash injury research; Crash investigation; Crashes; Design; Design standards; Highways; Human factors; Human factors engineering; Injuries; Multidisciplinary teams; Research; Statistics; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00090115
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: USC-74 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-010-1-176
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 22 1975 12:00AM