Citation

Nishimoto T. Int. J. Veh. Des. 2003; 32(1-2): 130-141.

Affiliation

Safety and IT Research Division, Japan Automobile Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0822, Japan

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Inderscience Publishers)

DOI

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PMID

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Abstract

This paper explains a method of estimating the acceleration of the center of gravity and the trajectory of a vehicle by a drive-recorder which records accident data at the time of a traffic accident. We compared the drive-recorder data with the data of crash tests and verified that the drive-recorder captured the vehicle trajectory at the time of crash. The analytical method described in this paper is useful for collecting accurate accident data by drive-recorders and for providing accident information in accident notification systems.