ROAD ACCIDENT RESEARCH AT THE MEDICAL HIGH SCHOOL, HANNOVER--ORGANISATION AND OBJECTIVES

VERKEHRSUNFALLFORSCHUNG AN DER MEDIZINISCHEN HOCHSCHULE HANNOVER - ORGANISATION UND ZIELE

The report provides a comprehensive review of the three years' work carried out by the accident research team, founded in 1973, where objective was the possibility of improving accident recovery, the prevention of accidents and a reduction in the severity of accident casualties. In order to work towards these objectives a precise knowledge of the cause, happening and consequences of accidents is necessary. This information is collected by the research team by direct investigation and interviewing at accident sites, documentation about treatment of casualties in hospital, post-mortems on fatalities carried out from the legal-medical standpoint and by vehicle inspections. The collected data from 670 traffic accidents have been fed into a computer using magnetic tape and may be easily evaluated according to various requiremnts. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Springer Verlag

  Heidelberger Platz 3
  Berlin,   Germany  14197
• Authors:
  • Behrens, S
  • Tscherne, H
  • Gotzen, L
  • SUREN, E G
• Publication Date: 1978

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 404-409
• Serial:
  • Hefte zur Unfallheilkunde
  • Issue Number: 130
  • Publisher: Springer Verlag
  • ISSN: 0085-1469

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash investigation; Crash severity; Crashes; Data analysis; Data collection; Diseases and medical conditions; Drivers; Fatalities; Information processing; Injuries; Interviewing; Mathematical analysis; Motorcyclists; On the scene crash investigation; Pedestrians; Psychology; Traffic; Vehicle occupants
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 9003: Cause; 8655: Data processing; 1772: Driver; 1602: Fatality; 2163: Injury; 9147: Interview; 2154: Medical aspects; 1752: Motorcyclist; 1611: On the spot accident investigation; 1733: Pedestrian; 2255: Psychology; 755: Traffic; 1715: Vehicle occupant
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00309607
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
• ISBN: 3-540-08598-X
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1980 12:00AM