Crash investigations for active safety - Meeting new demands on investigation methodology
Active safety systems are aimed at accident prevention, hence the knowledge required for their development is different from that required for passive safety systems aimed at injury prevention. Particularly, knowledge about accident causation is required. When looking at existing accident causation data, it is argued it fails to explain in sufficient detail how and why the accidents occur. Therefore, there is a need for detailed micro-level descriptions of accident causation mechanisms, and also of methodologies suitable for creating such descriptions. One study addressing these needs is the Swedish project FICA (Factors Influencing the Causation of Accidents and Incidents), where an accident investigation methodology suitable for active safety is developed. In-depth accident investigations following this methodology are carried out on-scene in the area of Gothenburg by a multidisciplinary team. A preliminary aggregated analysis of different cases shows that the methodology developed is adequate for pointing out common contributing factors and devising principal countermeasures. (A) Paper to the 1st International ESAR Conference on 3rd/4th September 2004 at Hannover Medical School (Germany), Session: Accident Prevention and Causation - Part I. For the covering abstract see ITRD D355457.
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Authors:
- SANDIN, J
- LJUNG, M
- Publication Date: 2005
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 216-24
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Serial:
- BERICHTE DER BUNDESANSTALT FUER STRASSENWESEN. UNTERREIHE FAHRZEUGTECHNIK
- Issue Number: 55
- Publisher: WIRTSCHAFTSVERLAG NW
- ISSN: 0943-9307
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Active safety systems; Conferences; Crash reconstruction; Crashes; Development; Methodology; Research projects
- Uncontrolled Terms: Causes
- Geographic Terms: Sweden
- ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1462: Active safety system; 9003: Cause; 8525: Conference; 9013: Development; 9102: Method; 1621: Reconstruction (accid); 8557: Research project; 8109: Sweden
- Subject Areas: Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I80: Accident Studies; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01012655
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Dec 21 2005 2:56PM