THE MECHANICS OF MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS
This paper deals with an examination of motorcycle accidents in Ottawa, Canada during the summer months of 1973. Among the principle objectives of the study was to investigate in some detail the actual mechanics of motor cycle collisions, to categorize such collisions in terms of the kinematic behavior of the vehicles and motorcycle occupants and to examine the mitigating circumstances in each accident. Of particular concern has been an examination of the accident causative factors and the injury producing mechanisms.1:32 scale models have been used to reconstruct the accident and have been employed in providing a graphic description of the various pre-crash, crash and post-crash geometries.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Study sponsored by Canadian Traffic Injury Research Foundation, Canadian Department of National Health and Welfare and Canadian Ministry of Transport.
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Corporate Authors:
American Association for Automotive Medicine
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Lake Bluff, IL United States 60044American Association for Automotive Medicine
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Authors:
- NEWMAN, J A
- Webster, G D
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Conference:
- 18th Annual Conference of the American Association for Automotive Medicine
- Location: Toronto Ontario, Canada
- Date: 1974-9-12 to 1974-9-14
- Publication Date: 1974
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 38 p.
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Serial:
- Volume: 18
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash injury research; Crash investigation; Kinetics; Mechanics; Motorcycles; Motorcyclists; Postcrash phase; Precrash phase; Scale models
- Old TRIS Terms: Post-crash; Precrash factors
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00081236
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
- Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-047-1-063, DOT-HS-031-2-303, DOT-FH-11-7526
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 26 1975 12:00AM