The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 authorizes a safety program directed at major vehicles in use. The research project summarized in this report is part of the nationwide accident investigation program of the National Highway Safety Bureau (NHSB), aimed at obtaining data on all factors related to vehicle accidents. The SRI project focused on the role of component degradation in crash causation by investigating actual case vehicles in which component defects, malfunctions, and maladjustments caused or contributed to the crashes. The objectives of the study were: (1) Compilation of a bibliography of the available literature, (2) Development of methodology for crash investigation, (3) Investigation and analysis of selected crashes, 30 to 40 in number, depending on complexity. (Author)
Relationship Between Vehicle Defects and Vehicle Crashes. Volume I. Summary Report
1970
34 pages
Report
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English