Traffic Crash Reconstruction
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 832
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Traffic Crash Reconstruction is a product of numerous individuals experienced in accident reconstruction, and is geared toward data interpretation and directed toward engineers and people with technical backgrounds.
The manual relies heavily on mathematics to interpret how an accident occurred, as is consistent with the progression from data collection to reconstruction. Real world accident cases are used to illustrate each topic whenever possible.
Beginning with an overview of the process of traffic accident reconstruction, the manual discusses:
- causes and contributing factors in traffic accidents;
- mathematics and physics used in traffic accident reconstruction, basic motion equations;
- understanding vehicle behavior in collisions;
- drag factor and coefficient of friction;
- perception and reaction in traffic accidents;
- speed estimates for vehicles that fall, flip, or vault;
- momentum applications;
- work, energy, and speed from damage in traffic accidents; steering overcorrection in traffic accidents;
- reconstruction of motorcycle traffic accidents;
- understanding occupant behavior in vehicle collisions;
- vehicle-pedestrian accident reconstruction;
- reconstruction of heavy truck accidents; derivations of equations;
- and the use of computers in traffic accident reconstruction.
Chapter 1 – Process of Traffic Crash Reconstruction
Chapter 2 – Causes and Contributing Factors in Traffic Crashes
Chapter 3 – Mathematics and Physics Review for Traffic Crash Reconstruction
Chapter 4 – Basic Motion Equations Used in Traffic Crash Reconstruction
Chapter 5 – Understanding Vehicle Behavior in Crashes
Chapter 6 – Drag Factor and Coefficient of Friction for Traffic Crash Reconstruction
Chapter 7 – Perception and Reaction in Traffic Crashes
Chapter 8 – Speed Estimates for Vehicles That Fall, Flip, Vault, or Rollover
Chapter 9 – Momentum Applications in Traffic Crash Reconstruction
Chapter 10 – Work, Energy, and Speed from Damage in Traffic Crashes
Chapter 11 – Steering Overcorrection in Traffic Crashes
Chapter 12 – Reconstruction of Motorcycle Crashes
Chapter 13 – Understanding Occupant Behavior in Vehicle Crashes
Chapter 14 – Vehicle Pedestrian Crash Reconstruction
Chapter 15 – Reconstruction of Heavy Truck Crashes
Chapter 16 – Derivations of Equations for Traffic Crash Reconstruction
Chapter 17 – Computer Applications for Traffic Crash Reconstruction
Chapter 18 – Event Data Recorders in Commercial Vehicle Crash Reconstruction
Chapter 19 – Use of Event Data Recorders in Light Duty Vehicle Crash Reconstruction
Glossary
Index
Lynn B. Fricke is a licensed engineer and educator specializing in vehicle crash reconstruction. He began his career at the Northwestern University Traffic Institute (renamed in 2000 as the Center for Public Safety) in 1975, and was appointed director of the Traffic Institute's Accident Investigation Division in 1981. Under J. Stannard Baker's helmsmanship, he initially authored several topics in the classic texts Traffic Crash Reconstruction and Traffic Crash Investigation prior to becoming the primary author of the current editions. In 1992, he teamed up with Gary Cooper to form the firm Fricke Cooper Engineering, from which he retired in 2001. During his retirement, he has continued to work with NUCPS as a consultant, crash investigation instructor, and as an on-going editor of our authoritative textbooks. Fricke graduated cum laude from St. Louis University with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering. He earned a M.S. in Traffic Engineering from the Univeristy of Illinois Champaign-Urbana and a M.A. in Teaching from National Louis University.