MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS. PHASE II

The report is a summarization of a comprehensive and systematic in-depth study of 80 Multidisciplinary Accident Investigations that occurred in the Southern California area. The research was team a team effort of mechanical engineers, physicians, a psychologist, an automotive engineer, a pathologist, a mathematician, technicians, an analyst, secretaries and graduate and undergraduate students. The research includes a study of procedures utilized in investigating and reporting all collision involved aspects of the transportation system - the vehicle, the environment and the human, during each phase of the collision - pre-, at and post-crash. Findings, conclusions, and recommendations are presented, based on data from 80 cases.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Phase I, PB-223 722.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Southern California, Los Angeles

  Institute of Aerosapce Safety and Management
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90007
• Authors:
  • BAIRD, J D
  • Sublett, F L
  • Parkison, G A
  • AUSTIN, E
  • Pang, J M
• Publication Date: 1973-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 420 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Crash injury research; Crash investigation; Crashes; Design standards; Environment; Failure; Highways; Human factors engineering; Injuries; Research; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Nhsb
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00051495
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: USC-73 Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-010-1-176
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 1974 12:00AM