Early Acquisition and Preservation of Information in a Motor Vehicle Crash
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The purpose of this SAE Recommended Practice is to offer simplified and prioritized guidelines for collecting and preserving on-scene data related to motor vehicle crashes. It is intended that these guidelines improve the effectiveness of data collection, which will assist subsequent analysis and reconstruction of a particular crash.
This document is intended to guide early data collectors whose objectives include documenting information related to the crash. It may be used by law enforcement personnel, safety officials, insurance adjusters and other interested parties.
This document identifies categories of scene physical features that deteriorate relatively quickly and recommends documentation task priorities. Detailed methods of collecting data are not part of this document. However, some widely used methods are described in the references in Section 2.
Rationale:
This document has been revised with editorial changes and to include additional technical information. The term “accident” has been replaced with the term “crash” in all instances including the title.
Related Topics:
Event data recorders
Accident reconstruction
Spraying
Safety belts
Child restraint systems
Trunks
Rescue and emergency vehicles and equipment
Identification numbers
Also known as: SAE J 1674
SAE MOBILUS
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