Who has Changed the Lane? – Collision between HGV and Passenger Car – Results of Collision Experiments

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Main author

Schal, S.

Co-Authors

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Type of media

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Publication type

Lecture

Publication year

2000

Publisher

9. EVU-Jahrestagung, Berlin 2000

Citation

Schal, S.: Wer hat die Spur gewechselt? – Kollision zwischen Lkw und Pkw, Ergebnisse von Kollisionsversuchen. 9. EVU-Jahrestagung, Berlin 2000

Collision Constellations

German, 8 pages, 7 figures
Keywords: HGV, lane change

This paper deals with lane change crashes, i.e. accidents that happen when a driver on a dual carriageway changes the lane overlooking a vehicle driving at a similar level on a different lane. Practice has shown that the question ‘who changed the lane?’ cannot be answered relying on damage photographs only. Further reconstruction possibilities have to be explored. One starting point is the post-collision motion of the impacted vehicle. 15 collision tests were conducted. Using a computer-aided simulation, it was possible to simulate the vehicles’ motion at least in principle. The paper analyses the tests and evaluates the computer simulation.