The accident occurred at 5:30 p.m. on a 4-lane, undivided suburban road in California. A car was southbound at 45-50 mph, and was seen to be weaving from lane to lane. As it approached a truck which was northbound in the no. 2 lane at 40-45 mph, the car swerved across the double yellow line into the northbound no. 1 lane. The car and the truck collided in a 10 o'clock left front configuration. The car rotated 90 deg. counterclockwise, coming to rest. The occupants moved forward and to the left. The right front passenger, who had moved to the left, struck the windshield header and hood, which had been forced upwards and rearwards by the truck contact. The truck continued to move northbound for 96 ft., until it turned to the left off the road, colliding with a building 70 ft. from the west edge of the roadway. (Author)


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    Title :

    Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Case No. 1181D. Car/Truck, Headon Collision


    Publication date :

    1970


    Size :

    63 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English