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Highway Accidents: Investigation, Reconstruction and Causation

by Bertan W. Morrow
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780692601259
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Bertan W. Morrow
  • Publisher Imprint: Bertan W. Morrow
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  • Pages: 276
  • Original Price: USD 45.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 481 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): General

This book describes an orderly and science-based process of highway accident investigation, reconstruction and causation, beginning with the collection and interpretation of physical evidence, through the qualitative and quantitative reconstruction, to the determination of accident causation, with the ultimate goal of guiding the development of countermeasures. This process has evolved from the author's extensive teaching, research and reconstruction experience involving thousands of highway accidents, as well as the shared expertise of dozens of qualified investigators and engineers. Serious consideration is given to the role of police and civilian investigators in the process. Procedures are provided for the identification, collection, documentation and interpretation of the physical evidence upon which the entire process is dependent. Guidance is also provided in the qualitative reconstruction of accidents, thus providing critical information for subsequent quantitative reconstruction and causal analysis.Quantitative accident reconstruction proceeds from final rest backward through post-impact, impact and pre-impact phases of an event. The derivation and description of the vehicle and impact dynamics necessary for this reconstruction for a variety of crash configurations, as well as many example cases, are presented and discussed. An Accident Causation Model is offered as an orderly method for identifying human, vehicular, and environmental failures that cause a given highway accident. Analysis of the "second impact" includes a discussion of the methodology for determining occupant kinematics and injury causation, as well as suggestions for injury mitigation.Although this book is primarily directed toward investigators, reconstructionists and causal analysts, some topics will be of interest to professionals from a wide variety of fields such as attorneys, insurance adjustors, judges, and vehicle and highway engineers.

Bertan W. Morrow received a doctorate in mechanical engineering, and a master's in civil engineering from the University of Miami, and a bachelor's in civil engineering from Ohio State University. While teaching civil engineering at the University of Miami for over 20 years he conducted and directed multidisciplinary research designed to develop investigation procedures, reconstruction methodology, and the process for determining accident causal factors. He has taught accident investigation and reconstruction courses for federal, state and local agencies. Since leaving academia, Dr. Morrow continues to accumulate extensive experience in accident reconstruction and highway safety as a consultant in hundreds of civil and criminal cases.

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