New Technologies and Techniques for NASS Accident investigations 850245
The National Accident Sampling System (NASS) has investigated more than 40, 000 traffic accidents in its six years of operation. This paper discusses some of the new technologies and techniques of accident investigation being adopted in NASS. These include a microcomputer data entry system, the CRASH 3 program for estimating the severity of an impact, a contour gauge for measuring vehicle deformation, and automated scene diagramming techniques. The authors also define some of the unsolved problems in mass accident investigation, and discuss the constraints on solving them.
Citation: Nash, C. and McDonald, S., "New Technologies and Techniques for NASS Accident investigations," SAE Technical Paper 850245, 1985, https://doi.org/10.4271/850245. Download Citation
Author(s):
Carl E. Nash, Stephen T. McDonald
Affiliated:
Accident Investigation Div. National Center for Statistics and Analysis NHTSA, NASS Zone Center A institute for Research in Public Safety Indiana University
Pages: 12
Event:
SAE International Congress and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Field Accidents-Data Collection, Analysis, Methodologies, and Crash Injury Reconstructions-P-159
Related Topics:
Accident reconstruction
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