MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS, PHASE 5

THE RESULTS OF A COMPREHENSIVE AND SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THIRTY VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS, ALL BUT ONE OF WHICH OCCURRED IN THE METROPOLITAN ATLANTA AREA DURING THE PERIOD APRIL 1970-JULY 1971, ARE SUMMARIZED. THE RESEARCH INCLUDED AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF FACTORS LEADING TO THE INITIATION OF THE ACCIDENTS AS WELL AS A STUDY OF THE "SECOND COLLISION" TO ESTABLISH THE KINEMATICS OF THE OCCUPANTS AND TO IDENTIFY THE AGENT(S) WHICH CAUSED THE INJURIES AND DEATHS. A SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS FROM 100 COLLISION INVESTIGATIONS IS INCLUDED.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • FINAL REPORT NO FH-11-7400
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Georgia, Experiment

  Georgia Experiment Station
  Experiment, GA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Wright, P H
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 137 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash investigation; Crashes; Fatalities; Injuries; Kinetics; Multidisciplinary teams; Secondary crashes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221907
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 17 1973 12:00AM