6th vid discussion Flashcards

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It is the systematic determination of what transpired in a traffic accident.

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Traffic Accident Investigation

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An activity performed by the police to gather information relative to an accident

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Traffic Accident Investigation

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The act of determining what happened and who and what was involve in the traffic accident, usually at the scene of the accident

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Traffic Accident Investigation

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It refers to the movement of persons, goods, or vehicle, either powered by combustion system or animal draw, from one place to another for the purpose of travel.

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Traffic

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The occurrence in a sequence of events which usually produces unintended injury, death, or property damage.

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Accident

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an accident involving travel transportation on a traffic way.

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Traffic Accident

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any event that results in unintended injury or property damage attributable directly or indirectly to the action of a motor vehicle or its load.

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Motor Vehicle Accident

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to any vehicle propelled by any power other than muscular power using the public highways

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Motor Vehicle

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The entire width between boundary lines of every way or place of which any part is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic as a matter of right or custom

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Traffic Way

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is any person using a traffic way for travel, parking for other purposes as a pedestrian or driver,

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Traffic Unit

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an event on the road which characterizes the manner of occurrence of a motor vehicle traffic accident

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Key event

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The accumulation of broken parts of vehicles rubbish, dust and other materials left at the scene of the accident by a collision.

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Debris

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These are signs left on the roadway by tires which are not free to rotate, usually because brakes are applied strongly and the wheels locked.

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Skid marks

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A braking skid mark interrupted at frequent regular intervals; the skid mark made by a bouncing wheel on which brakes keep the wheel from turning.

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Skip skid

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one signs left on the road by tires that are sliding or scrubbing while the wheel is still turning

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Scuff marks

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Kinds of traffic Accident

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  1. Motor vehicle traffic Accident
  2. Motor vehicle non-traffic accident
  3. Non-motor vehicle traffic Accident
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any motor vehicle accident occurring on a traffic way.

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Motor Vehicle Traffic Accident

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any motor vehicle accident which occurs entirely in any place other than a traffic way

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Motor vehicle non-traffic accident

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It is any accident occurring on a traffic way involving persons using the traffic way or travel or transportation, but not involving a motor vehicle in motion

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Non-motor vehicle traffic Accident

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Classification of accident according to severity

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  1. Property damage accident
  2. Non-Fatal injury accident
  3. Fatal Accident
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is any motor vehicle accident where there is no fatal or injury to any person but only damage to the motor vehicle or to other property including injury to animals.

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Property damage accident

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any motor vehicle accident that results in injuries other than fatal to one or more persons.

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Non-Fatal Injury Accident

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any motor vehicle accidents that result death to one or more persons

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Fatal Accident

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Chain of events in a vehicular accident

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  1. Perception of hazard
  2. Start of evasive action
  3. Initial contact
  4. Maximum engagement
  5. Disengagement
  6. Stopping
  7. Injury
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is seeing, feeling, or hearing and understanding the usual or unexpected movement or condition that could be taken as a sign of the accident about to happen

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Perception of hazard

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The first action taken by traffic unit to escape from a collision course or otherwise avoid a hazard.

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Start of evasive action

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A first accidental touching of an object collision course or otherwise avoid a hazard.

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Initial Contact

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A greatest collapse or overlap in a collision. The force between the traffic unit and the object collided with are the greatest at maximum engagement

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Maximum Engagement

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A separation of a traffic unit in motion from an object with which it has collided. Force between the object ceases at this time.

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Disengagement

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is coming to rest. It usually destabilizes the accident situation.

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Stooping

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Is a receiving bodily harm

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Injury

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This is characterized by one of the involved persons ran away from the accident scene to evade responsibility.

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Hit and Run

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The primary methods in documenting the crime scene

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  1. Photography
  2. Sketching
  3. Note taking
  4. Videography
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In the absence of eyewitness, the broken glass can be mute witness that can talk to unmask the driver and open out the mystery vehicle.

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Splintered glass

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It is now a settled fact that the pedestrian victim was run-over by the car as established by the broken headlamp glass.

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The marks

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That being the case, tire marks can be lifted or collage on the clothing of the hit and run victim or on the pavement to supplement and compliment previous findings

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The marks

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The victim having been bumped by the car that resulted to his instantaneous death, definitely left residues on the clothes or on the pavement of car paints as a consequence of the collision

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Paint strips