Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of advanced surveying technology tor the investigation of traffic accidents.
The analysis shows that the investigation of traffic accidents using total station (survey) equipment provides a substantial improvement over the traditional coordinate procedure. The number of measurements obtained at an accident scene increased (by a factor of about two) when the total station equipment was used while the time required to collect the measurements decreased by about 33 percent with the man hours decreased by about one-halt. The increase in the number of measurements results in a more accurate and detailed investigation and accident diagram than typically obtained with the coordinate procedure. The use of computer plotting in the total station procedure results in a significant time savings when a detailed accident diagram is needed.
It is recommended that the use of total station equipment be continued and expanded.
Report Date
8-1994
Report Number
KTC-94-18
Digital Object Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.13023/KTC.RR.1994.18
Repository Citation
Agent, Kenneth R.; Deacon, John A.; Pigman, Jerry G.; and Stamatiadis, Nikiforos, "Evaluation of Advanced Surveying Technology for Accident Investigation" (1994). Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report. 433.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ktc_researchreports/433
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