ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES: PEDESTRAINS & MOTORCYCLES IN AUTOMOTIVE COLLISIONS. REVIEW OF STATE-OF-THE-ART

Pedestrain vehicle accidents account for a considerable proportion of all automobile related injuries and deaths each year. Due to the large difference in mass between the pedestrain and the vehicle, pedestrain injury reduction is a formidable task. In spite of these difficulties, world attention is beginning to focus on pedestrain injuries and methods to quantitatively evaluate a vehicle for its pedestrain injury potential. Pedestrain impact reconstruction methodology is also presented and offers a comprehensive reivew of such literature. Several types of analyses are discussed that may be used to reconstruct the accident scenario using the facts collected from the scene, such as skid mark analysis, debris analysis, injury/damage match-up, trajectory analysis, nighttime visibility, and alcohol effects.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/1560910100
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This is a brief synoposis of a section of the book Accident Reconstruction Technologies: Pedestrains & Motorcycles in Automotive Collisions, edited by S.H. Backaitis. The complete book features 571 pages.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • WIECHEL, J F
  • Guenther, D A
  • Brooks, J
  • Sens, M
  • McLaughlin, T F
  • Hoyt, T A
  • Chu, S M
• Publication Date: 1990

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 5-45
• Monograph Title: ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES: PEDESTRAINS & MOTORCYCLES IN AUTOMOTIVE COLLISIONS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Crash reconstruction; Crashes; Distance; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Skidding; Skidmarks; Traffic crashes; Trajectory; Vehicle trajectories; Visibility
• Old TRIS Terms: Pedestrian protection
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00608071
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1-56091-010-0
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1991 12:00AM