도주차량 유류물의 고유식별기호 확인작업과 고유의장도안 비교시험에 의한 차종식별 방법

The debris of hit-and-run vehicle usually remain in vehicle-to-vehicle or vehicle-to-pedestrian traffic accident. They are classified into 2 groups : vehicle parts and vehicle articles. The former are under the control of vehicle model name. The latter are not influenced by vehicle type, class and feature. We define vehicle parts as components having specific code and unique design subordinate to vehicle model name. Through inspecting specific code and unique design of vehicle parts, we can identify detailed information and data concerning hit-and-run vehicle. The specific vehicle part code are classified into 2 categories. They are inscribed by production corporation and assembly company. They are composed of model name, production year and serial number described by alphabet and particular characters. We can decode the specific vehicle part codes by applying documents published in corporations inscribing them. The unique vehicle part designs are classified into 2 classes : qualitative comparison test item and quantitative comparison test item. The first are inspecting color, pattern, shape and curved surface with a orignal part. The second are measuring size, length, width, height and curvature with a standard prototype. In this paper we proposed a method for identifying vehicle model name by inspecting specific vehicle part code and unique vehicle part design from hit-and-run-vehicle debris. The application of the method to a hit-and-run traffic accident case is presented.