Title: Vehicle crash analysis based on own data recording

Authors: Tetsuya Nishimoto

Addresses: Safety and IT Research Division, Japan Automobile Research Institute, 2530 Karima, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0822, Japan

Abstract: This paper explains a method of estimating the acceleration of the centre of gravity and the trajectory of a vehicle by a drive-recorder which records accident data at the time of a traffic accident. We compared the drive-recorder data with the data of crash tests and verified that the drive-recorder captured the vehicle trajectory at the time of crash. The analytical method described in this paper is useful for collecting accurate accident data by drive-recorders and for providing accident information in accident notification systems.

Keywords: accident reconstruction; automatic crash notification; drive recorder; event data recorder; vehicle dynamics.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2003.003241

International Journal of Vehicle Design, 2003 Vol.32 No.1/2, pp.130 - 141

Published online: 20 Aug 2003 *

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