PAVEMENT SURFACE INFORMATION NEEDS IN ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION

This paper summarizes some needed information on pavement surface characteristics for in-depth multidisciplinary traffic accident investigation, with emphasis on the variations and confounding effects of factors which are either not sufficiently researched or not properly appreciated and controlled in accident investigation.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Appeared in: Surface Texture Versus Skidding: Measurements, Frictional Aspects, and Safety Features of Tire-Pavement Interactions, A Symposium.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

  100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700
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• Authors:
  • Hutchinson, J W
  • Tsongos, N G
  • Bennett, R C
  • Fogarty, N J
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Media Info

• Features: Photos; References;
• Pagination: 11 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash investigation; Multidisciplinary teams; Pavement surface course; Pavements; Skid resistance; Texture
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00126532
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Conf Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 18 1975 12:00AM