INCIDENT MANAGEMENT USING TOTAL STATIONS

Many strategies have been used to improve incident management. A novel approach to improving incident clearance when accidents require detailed investigation is described. This approach involves the use of computerized surveying equipment, called electronic total stations, for accident investigation. The use, advantages, and disadvantages of electronic total station survey equipment for expediting the investigation at serious traffic accidents are discussed. A comparison of three accident scenes where the coordinate method of accident investigation and total stations were used to measure the same incident showed that investigators can take over 70% more measurements per hour by using total stations. Furthermore, investigation with the total stations required only 46% of the time required with the coordinate method. A comparison of urban freeway accidents covering 1 year before total stations were used to 1 year during total station use showed an average time savings of slightly more than 51 min in the time to clear the scene of an incident. Accident drawings were also more accurate and could be prepared in less time.

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• Authors:
  • Jacobson, Leslie N
  • Legg, Bill
  • O'Brien, Amy J
• Publication Date: 1992

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 64-70
• Monograph Title: Safety research: heavy vehicles, information systems, and crash studies and methods
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1376
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Automated toll collection; Crash analysis; Crash investigation; Drawings; Freeways; Management; Productivity; Traffic crashes; Traffic incidents; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Incidents; Time savings
• Old TRIS Terms: Electronic total stations; Urban freeways
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00627223
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309054176
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 2 1993 12:00AM