INVESTIGATION OF THE TECHNICAL DEFECTS CAUSING MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS

Each year the technical defects found during inspection of passenger cars, two-wheeled and commercial vehicles after accidents are analyzed with regard to their accident-causing potential at DEKRA. Since each accident vehicle and usually each accident site is examined by an expert on traffic accidents, details on the causes of the accidents are collected in addition to general statistical data. This paper is a collective analysis describing which vehicle components and subassemblies are considered the causes of the accidents, what influence the vehicles' age had on the accidents and who is responsible for the defects (manufacturer, repair shop or driver).

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Published in Field Accidents: Data Collection, Analysis, Methodologies, and Crash Injury Reconstructions P-159. International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 25-March 1, 1985.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • GRANDEL, J
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 301-326
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Society of Automotive Engineers, Incorporated
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash investigation; Data collection; Defects; Statistics; Traffic crashes; Vehicle components
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I80: Accident Studies; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00452059
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 850434, HS-039 239
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 31 1986 12:00AM