MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS (FINAL REPORT)

THE STANFORD CRASH ANALYSIS TEAM (SCAT) PERFORMED IN-DEPTH MEDICAL-ENGINEERING ANALYSES OF 36 ACCIDENTS INVOLVING FATALITIES, INJURIES, AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE REPORT INCLUDES A DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT OPERATIONS, PROCEDURES, PERSONNEL, AND ORGANIZATION. MANY OF THE SCAT OBSERVATIONS WERE FOUND TO SUPPLEMENT AND/OR REPEAT THOSE OF OTHER MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS REGARDING ASPECTS OF ACCIDENT AND INJURY CAUSATION, PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO SIGNIFICANT ALCOHOL INVOLVEMENT IN ACCIDENTS, LOW UTILIZATION OF RESTRAINT SYSTEMS BY VEHICLE OCCUPANTS, AND NUMEROUS EXAMPLES OF SEVERE OCCUPANT COMPARTMENT CRUSH. THE REPORT ALSO DISCLOSED CERTAIN PECULIARITIES UNIQUE TO THE DATA DERIVED FROM THE STUDY. /AUTHOR/