| Topic Name: Accuweigh weighing system helps crash investigators estimate incidence speeds
Category: Heavy Material handling
Research persons: Accuweigh
Location: Malbourn, Australia |
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Details
ACCUWEIGH says it has supplied a weighing system and logging software to WA’s
Major Crash Investigation Unit to help estimate the speed of vehicles in major
accidents.
According to Accuweigh, it is sometimes possible to estimate the vehicle’s
speed immediately prior to the accident by comparing the distance the vehicle
travelled after the main impact against the force required to move that same
vehicle in its current damaged state.
The damaged vehicle is connected via tow cables to the Accuweigh weighing
system, which is fitted to a police four-wheel drive. The four-wheel drive then
tows the damaged vehicle along the same path.
During this operation, the weighing system transmits instantaneous weight
data to a laptop which automatically logs the force readings required to move
the vehicle. This data is then used to generate an estimate of the initial
speeds of the vehicle.
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