The purpose of the contract was to provide training for traffic accident investigators and allied specialists. Approximately 30 students were trained in each of three classes of a 2-week, 84-hour course. Major topics presented included: orientation; investigative techniques (classroom presentations and on-scene experience); human factors; vehicle factors; environmental factors; methods of accident data sampling; level II investigation; accident causation, collision severity, and injury severity; and computer simulation models of accident reconstruction applicable for in-depth investigations.


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    Title :

    Multidisciplinary Highway Collision Investigation Course


    Contributors:
    J. D. Baird (author)

    Publication date :

    1978


    Size :

    23 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English