Start Date
9-5-2019 3:30 PM
End Date
9-5-2019 5:00 PM
Document Type
Event
Keywords
Train Accidents, Human balance in Train Accidents, Accelerations and Jerks in Train Side Swipe Accidents
Description
Train sideswipe accidents happen when two trains are traveling next to each other in the same or opposite directions and their sides come into contact. In these accidents, standing passengers might lose their balance, fall and impact with objects in their surroundings. These falls are caused by the acceleration and jerk exerted on the passenger during the impact. Train’s velocity can be extracted from the train Event Data Recorder (EDR) and can be used to estimate the acceleration and the jerk occurred during the accident and used as measures for the severity of the accident. The analysis of data extracted from an EDR of a train that was involved in sideswipe accident is presented.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5038/PAMP5418
Train Sideswipe Accidents and Passengers’ Injuries
Train sideswipe accidents happen when two trains are traveling next to each other in the same or opposite directions and their sides come into contact. In these accidents, standing passengers might lose their balance, fall and impact with objects in their surroundings. These falls are caused by the acceleration and jerk exerted on the passenger during the impact. Train’s velocity can be extracted from the train Event Data Recorder (EDR) and can be used to estimate the acceleration and the jerk occurred during the accident and used as measures for the severity of the accident. The analysis of data extracted from an EDR of a train that was involved in sideswipe accident is presented.