VEHICLE DAMAGE SCALE FOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT INVESTIGATORS

AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO AID INVESTIGATORS IN ASSESSING DAMAGE SUSTAINED BY MOTOR VEHICLES IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. BY MEANS OF A RELATIVELY SIMPLE PROCEDURE, MOST COMMON TYPES OF DAMAGE CAN BE RATED IN TERMS OF A 7-POINT SCALE. THE VEHICLE DAMAGE SCALE CONSISTS OF SEVERAL PAGES OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF AUTOMOBILES DAMAGED IN ACCIDENTS. THERE IS A SEPARATE PAGE FOR EACH OF THE COMMON IMPACTS THAT INVESTIGATORS ARE LIKELY TO ENCOUNTER. IN ORDER TO RATE DAMAGE ON A VEHICLE, THE USER MUST SELECT THE PROPER PAGE OF PHOTOGRAPHS, AND THEN ATTEMPT TO MATCH THE DAMAGE ON THE SUBJECT VEHICLE WITH ONE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS APPEARING ON THE PAGE. THERE IS A SMALL DIAGRAM OF A CAR AND AN ARROW OR SERIES OF ARROWS IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF EACH OF THE PHOTO PAGES, SHOWING DIRECTION OF THE PRINCIPAL IMPACT FORCE. A SYMBOL (FC, FOR EXAMPLE, MEANING "FRONT END DAMAGE, CONCENTRATED IMPACT") IS PRESENT WHICH INDICATES THE PART OF THE VEHICLE DAMAGED AND TYPE OF IMPACT. THE DIAGRAMS AND SYMBOLS WHICH IDENTIFY EACH PAGE ALSO APPEAR IN AN INDEX DESIGNED TO ASSIST IN FINDING THE PROPER PAGE. /SRIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 15 Pp, 30 FIG
• Corporate Authors:

  NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL

  CHICAGO, IL  United States 
• Publication Date: 1968

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash reports; Diagrams; Impacts; Loss and damage; Rates; Symbols; Traffic crashes; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic aids
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220797
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1970 12:00AM