A STUDY OF SEVERE VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS: PHASE 3 FINAL REPORT

AN INVESTIGATION OF 15 CREASHES IS REPORTED. THE RESEARCH WAS A BROADBASED TEAM EFFORT WHICH INVOLVED THE PARTICIPATION OF A CIVIL ENGINEER, A NEUROLOGICAL SURGEON, AN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIAN, A PSYCHOLOGIST, A SAFETY ENGINEER, A PATHOLOGIST, AND A MEDICAL SECRETARY. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT ENOUGH ATTENTION MAY NOT BE GIVEN TO THE PRESENCE OF A HAZARDOUS DRIVING ENVIRONMENT SUCH AS FIXED OBJECTS, MECHANICAL DEFECTS, AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF ALCOHOL TO CRASHES,. MATERIAL IS PRESENTED AS CASE REPORTS WITH TABULATIONS OF INJURIES, DAMAGES AND ACCIDENT CASES. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No ProJ-B-605, 147 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Georgia, Experiment

  Georgia Experiment Station
  Experiment, GA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Jolley, F L
  • Wright, P H
• Publication Date: 1969-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Crash investigation; Crash severity; Single vehicle crashes; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fixed object; Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220952
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1970 12:00AM