Pedestrian involved traffic collision reconstruction methodology

A pedestrian-involved traffic collision is generally less fully understood than the "typical" car-to-car broadside intersection collision. For this reason, the analysis of the pedestrian-involved collision is, in many respects, more complicated and demanding. This paper addresses the typical sequence of events in a pedestrian-involved collision and the movement of the vehicle and pedestrian body from pre-impact through the collision to their final points of rest. Methods for the analysis of the pedestrian-involved collision, including a review of several different techniques for calculating vehicle impact velocity, are also presented. A comparison of crash test data to different forms of analysis is provided as a frame of reference for the reader in evaluating these methods.

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• Authors:
  • Eubanks, J J
  • Haight, W R
• Conference:
  • International Conference on Accident Investigation, Reconstruction, Interpretation and the Law, 1995, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
• Publication Date: 1995

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 401-24
• Monograph Title: Road accidents in their legal context

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Crash reconstruction; Crash tests; Mathematical models; Methodology; Motion; Pedestrians; Speed
• ATRI Terms: Crash investigation; Crash reconstruction; Crash test; Methodology; Modelling; Movement; Pedestrian; Speed
• ITRD Terms: 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01435785
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0868569895
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 24 2012 7:15PM