Crash sight

Knowledge about what happens to a car and its occupants in an accident is invaluable when it comes to the development of safer cars. The Volvo Cars Accident Research Team attend the aftermath of over 2,000 accidents involving Volvos every year, mostly in and around Gothenburg - the car-maker's Swedish HQ. Some car-makers have only recently started to pay any attention to the analysis of real-world accidents, while others are actually prohibited by the laws of the land to attend crash scenes altogether. This article describes the work of the team and what happened to the data obtained from crash sites.

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• Authors:
  • CHALLEN, J
• Publication Date: 2009-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 52-54
• Serial:
  • Traffic Technology International
  • Publisher: AutoIntermediates Limited
  • ISSN: 1356-9252
  • Serial URL: http://www.ukipme.com/mag_traffic.htm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Crash reconstruction; Crashes; Data collection; On the scene crash investigation; Safety; Vehicles
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01147180
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 24 2009 8:48AM