An immediate and accurate reconstruction of events leading up to an accident is desirable for the police, insurance purposes and for research into road safety. An understanding of vehicle impact dynamics helps in these investigations because it provides a link between the various pieces of evidence which may be available: the verbal evidence, the position of damage to vehicles and to fixed objects, the extent of damage to vehicles, tire marks on the road and the condition of the surface, movements of vehicles after impact, the distribution of debris. Such evidence may enable the initial paths and speeds of travel to be estimated. The relative masses and the initial point of contact also determine how the vehicles rebound after impact. The relative stiffnesses of the parts of the vehicle in contact play an important part in the situation, though their evidence can be misleading. (Modified author abstract)


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    Title :

    The Theoretical Reconstruction of Events Leading to an Impact in a Road Accident


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    Publication date :

    1973


    Size :

    25 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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