MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION. VOLUME I

The report describes the methodology, results, discussions, conclusions and recommendations pertaining to the investigation of 50 fatal and non-fatal vehicular accidents occurring in the Greater Baltimore metropolitan area from June 28, 1974 to June 30, 1975. Particular emphasis was placed on the human factors aspect, including vehicle and scene examinations, autopsy findings on fatal victims, injury reports on non-fatal victims, toxicological data on all fatal victims and psychosocial evaluations of the at fault driver population. Evaluations and recommendations regarding the current Federal Highway Safety Program Standards and Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards are included.

• Corporate Authors:

  Maryland Medical-Legal Foundation, Incorporated

  111 Penn Street
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21202

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Fisher, R S
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 202 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash injury research; Crash investigation; Crashes; Highways; Human factors engineering; Motor vehicles; Research; Safety; Standards; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Geographic Terms: Maryland
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00147293
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-HS-802-033
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-198-3-770
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 15 2002 12:00AM