Smock W S, Nichols G R, Fuller P M, Weakley-Jones B
Department of Anatomy, University of Louisville School of Medicine, KY 40292.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1989 Jun;10(2):105-14. doi: 10.1097/00000433-198906000-00004.
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.
本文介绍了五起机动车致人死亡的案例，其中确定车内人员在机动车碰撞事故中的角色是一个重要的法医学问题。法医病理学家可以确定车内人员在机动车碰撞事故中的角色。协调对损伤机制、车内人员运动学、车辆动力学和微量证据进行检查的调查将有助于做出这样的确定。当面临刑事或民事指控时，这种确定可以保护无辜的乘客不被错误地作为司机起诉。当幸存的司机声称自己是乘客，即受害者而非攻击者时，在多人碰撞事故中对上述因素进行检查就具有特别重要的法医意义。
