TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - The forensic pathologist and the determination of driver versus passenger in motor vehicle collisions. the need to examine injury mechanisms, occupant kinematics, vehicle dynamics, and trace evidence
JO  - American journal of forensic medicine and pathology
A1  - Smock, W. S.
A1  - Nichols, G. R.
A1  - Fuller, P. M.
A1  - Weakley-Jones, Barbara
SP  - 105
EP  - 114
VL  - 10
IS  - 2
N2  - Five cases of vehicular homicide are presented in which the determination of an occupant's role in a motor vehicle collision was an important medicolegal question. The identification of the occupant's role in a motor vehicle collision can be determined by the forensic pathologist. The investigation that coordinates an examination of injury mechanisms, occupant kinematics, vehicle dynamics, and trace evidence will facilitate such a determination. This determination protects the innocent passenger, when faced with criminal or civil charges, from being falsely prosecuted as the driver. The examination of the above-mentioned components in a multi-occupant collision takes on particular forensic importance when a surviving driver claims to be a passenger: the victim rather than the assailant.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0195-7910
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -