EXTENSIONS AND REFINEMENTS OF CRASH COMPUTER PROGRAM PART I{ ANALYTICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS

The Calspan Reconstruction of Accident Speeds on the Highway (CRASH) computer program was modified to (1) improve its accuracy and user convenience in the prediction of trajectories involving spins, (2) permit the optional entry of two, four or six measurements of damage extent in the calculation of absorbed energy, (3) improve the interpretation of damage in oblique collisions and (4) adapt the program as preprocessor for the Simulation Model of Automobile Collisions (SMAC) computer program.

• Corporate Authors:

  Calspan Corporation

  4455 Genesee Street
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14225
• Authors:
  • McHenery, R R
• Publication Date: 1976-2

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 22 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Crash investigation; Crashes; Loss and damage; Reconstruction; Simulation; Traffic crashes; Traffic speed; Trajectory; Vehicle trajectories
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00131386
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-HS-801837 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-5-01124
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 14 1976 12:00AM