Author/Editor		Balažic, Jože; Prebil, Ivan; Čertanc, Niko
Title		Computer simulation of the accident with nine victims
Type		članek
Source		Forensic Sci Int
Vol. and No.		Letnik 156
Publication year		2006
Volume		str. 161-5
Language		eng
Abstract		In the paper we wish to emphasise the significance of vehicle driving dynamics analysis in the collision phase and occupant load analysis by means of using a software environment. Thereby we also wish to present the results of the simulation of the course of a traffic accident with nine victims that arose from a collision between an Audi A6 passenger car and the VW Caravelle van. In treating the traffic accident the forensic expert was faced with the questions about what caused the injuries to the front passenger in the Audi A6 passenger car, about the way the two vehicles had collided, about their collision velocities, about the way the two vehicles were handled and about the causes that originated the traffic accident. The critical situation on the road was a consequence of the tiredness of the van driver, the inadequate use of the passive safety systems and overloading the van.
Descriptors		FORENSIC MEDICINE ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC EXPERT TESTIMONY AUTOMOBILES COMPUTER SIMULATION