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In connection with technical progress, the number of road accidents is increasing, this is due to the growth of vehicles among the population of the Russian Federation and the non-observance of road traffic rules by road users.

"A road traffic accident is an event that occurs during the movement of a vehicle on the road and with its participation, in which people were killed or injured, vehicles, cargo, structures were damaged."

Road transport is recognized worldwide as the most dangerous, with 2 fatalities per 1 billion passenger-kilometers per 1 billion passenger-kilometers, air transport - 6, and road transport - 20 people. According to statistics, 65% of people die at the scene, and 2/3 die inside vehicles. A large percentage of those killed is explained by the inability of those around them to provide first aid to the injured.

According to Part 1 of Article 20 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation “everyone has the right to life”, it is important to possess the skills and abilities to preserve human life. According to Article 1 of the Law "On the Police" "The police in the Russian Federation are a system of state executive bodies called upon to protect the life and health, rights and freedoms of citizens ..." and in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 10 of the Law "On the Police": employees of the internal affairs bodies are obliged to " to provide assistance to citizens who have suffered from crimes, administrative offenses and accidents, as well as those who are in a helpless state or in any other state that is dangerous to their life and health. " police officers in emergency situations should be able to provide first aid to persons who have received bodily injuries.

Assistance at the scene of a traffic accident is often provided by the first people who find themselves at the scene of an accident, most often they are traffic police officers, it is they who need to provide first aid to victims of an accident before the arrival of emergency medical specialists. A person's life may depend on the skills and knowledge of traffic police officers about the rules for providing first aid in an accident, about the methods and rules for transporting injured persons.

The nature of the damage arising from road traffic accidents is characterized by concomitant injuries, i.e. multiple lesions of various parts of the body, often in combination with dysfunction of internal organs and the brain. In many cases, with timely and correctly provided first aid, it is possible to save a person's life and prevent severe long-term consequences of injury. When providing first aid at the scene of an accident, it is important to have a clear idea of ​​those around them about what organizational and medical measures should be carried out by them.

Mechanisms and nature of typical damage:

Damage in a collision of a moving car with a pedestrian

The most common type of car injury is a collision between a moving vehicle and a pedestrian. This injury is mainly caused by pedestrians moving on or crossing the road.

The mechanism of this injury depends on the following factors: the type of car, its design features, the shape and level of parts that come into contact with the human body, the speed and weight of the car, the resistance of the tissues, the nature of the coverage of the path onto which the pedestrian falls, etc.

It is necessary to distinguish between three variants of a collision of a car with a pedestrian: a collision of a pedestrian with the front, with the side and with the rear surface of the car. In the first variant, there are two possibilities of collision: a) with the middle part of the front surface of the car - a frontal collision, and b) with the edge of the front surface of the car - a front edge collision.

Depending on the type of vehicle and the type of collision, the mechanism of injury can consist of three or four phases. The first phase is characterized by the collision of parts of a moving car with a pedestrian, the second - by the fall of the pedestrian on the car, the third - by throwing it to the ground, and the fourth - by the body sliding along the road surface. In the first phase, damage occurs from a hit by a car and a significant general concussion of the body caused by this impact, in the second - from a second impact on a car and concussion, in the third - from concussion and impact on the road surface, and in the fourth - from friction against the surface. roads.

In a frontal collision with the front surface of the car, the pedestrian is hit by the most protruding parts of the car - bumper, headlight, etc. (phase I). Due to the fact that the initial blow in a collision with a passenger car, in most cases, is applied to an area of ​​the body located at a distance from the center of gravity (at the level of the shins), the victim after the initial impact falls on the hood of the car (phase II). Sometimes the blow is struck in an area located near the center of gravity (by a wing, radiator on the thigh or pelvis). In these cases, the speed of the vehicle is transferred to the victim, as a result of which its body receives a forward motion, is thrown forward, flies a certain distance in the air, and then falls and hits the road surface (phase III). In a frontal collision of a truck, bus or trolleybus, the impact is applied to an area of ​​the body located in the immediate vicinity of or above the center of gravity. The design features of the front surface of these machines exclude the possibility of a victim falling onto the car, therefore, phase II is not observed. In some cases, after the victim falls on the road surface, the body slides along the road due to inertia (IV phase).

A collision between a pedestrian and the side of a vehicle is called a tangential collision. In this case, the blow can be delivered by the front part of the side surface of the car (side of the wing, footrest) or its middle and rear part. In the first case, the mechanism of injury is similar to the mechanism of frontal-edge collision, that is, it consists of 4 phases. In the second, there are 3 phases: a collision of a pedestrian with the side surface of a car, throwing the victim and falling to the ground, and sliding the victim along the road surface.

A collision of a pedestrian with the rear surface of a vehicle while reversing is rare. In this case, the mechanism of injury depends not only on the speed of movement, which in such cases is not high, but mainly on the height and shape of the parts of the rear surface of the machine that come into contact with the human body. If parts of the rear surface of the car are located at a height corresponding to the center of gravity of the human body or above it, after being hit by protruding parts of the machine applied at two points (when hit by a car at the level of the shins and pelvis, when hit by a cargo car - at the level of the head and body) , the victim's body is thrown back, falls to the ground and in some cases slides over it. In the case when the protruding parts on the rear surface of the machine are located at a height below the level of the center of gravity, then after the initial impact (phase I) the body falls onto the machine (phase II). Then the body slides off the car and falls to the ground (phase III). Sliding on the ground with this option is almost not observed.

Damage characteristics

The nature and localization of soft tissue injuries are very diverse and depend on the phase and mechanism of the injury, as well as the type of vehicle. In the first phase of a frontal collision, damage can be caused by the bumper, fender, headlight and other parts. Outwardly, these injuries appear in the form of abrasions, bruises, and less often - wounds. They are located either in the upper third of the lower leg, or at different levels of the thigh. Bruises are accumulations of blood, varying in intensity and origin, in the thickness of the tissue or in the intervals between them, when the vessel ruptures and blood is poured into the surrounding tissue. Wounds are mechanical damage to soft tissues with a violation of the integrity of the integument of the skin.

In a tangential collision, damage is inflicted by parts located on the side surfaces of the car - a mirror protruding from the side, the cab movement handle, the side surface of the body. All of these injuries have a transverse direction and are located, with the exception of abrasions and wounds inflicted by the footboard, in the face, neck, trunk and upper extremities.

In the second, third and fourth phases of injury from a collision of a car with a pedestrian, specific soft tissue injuries are not formed. During these periods, abrasions, bruises, and wounds with the most diverse localization can occur, they are more often located on areas of the body that are not protected by clothing - the face, head and upper limbs. Characteristic lesions for phase IV are skin abrasions from dragging. They represent parallel grooved scratches, reddish in color, with a peeled epidermis, deeper and wider at their origin and superficial and narrow at their end.

Skull fractures are mostly closed and are more often combined - damage to the vault and base of the skull. There are two mechanisms of skull fractures. In the first phase of a collision between a truck and a pedestrian, regardless of the type of collision, skull injuries are formed from a direct impact on the head with parts of the car at the place of application of force. In phases II and III, damage more often occurs from hitting the head on a part of the car or on the ground when falling.

Fractures of the cranial vault occur as a result of bending and further cracking of bone tissue at the site of application of force. Depending on the force and direction of the impact, the area of ​​contact of the traumatic object with the skull, the properties of the striking object and other factors, fractures of different nature occur - depressed, perforated, terraced, comminuted. The first three types of fractures are typical for phase I injury; comminuted are more typical for the next two phases, although they can also occur in the first phase.

Skull fractures accompanied by damage and changes from the membranes and matter of the brain - hemorrhages, bruises and, less often, significant destruction. Damage to the substance of the brain occurs either at the place of direct application of force, or from a counterattack at the opposite pole. Macroscopically, they appear in the form of focal hemorrhages in the cortex and white matter, or crush injuries of the latter.

A wide variety of abdominal and thoracic injuries are observed in pedestrians who have died as a result of a collision with a car. According to their origin, they can be divided into direct and indirect. They arise:

• * from impact by parts of the car at the place of application of force (I phase);
• * when the body hits a car or road surface (II and III phases);
• * from a body shake caused by one of these blows.

Impact damage, are localized almost always on the surface of the organ that corresponds to the place of application of force. If the body is protected from external violence by the ribs, then at the moment of impact, the latter bend or break. In this case, organ damage is caused either by a bent rib or by the ends of the damaged rib. The lungs are damaged much more often than other organs due to the fact that they have the greatest volume and are close to the chest wall.

Among the injuries of the chest, fractures of the bone skeleton and injuries of the organs of the chest cavity are especially frequent. Depending on the mechanism of injury, rib fractures can be divided into direct (occurring at the impact site), indirect (formed at a distance from the impact site) and combined. Direct and combined fractures predominantly occur in phase I of the injury, while indirect fractures occur in phase II and III.

The traumatic force in cases of a collision of a car with a pedestrian more often acts on the chest from the side or rear. In cases where the impact is struck on the lateral surface of the chest with a part of a machine with a relatively small area, the rib or a group of adjacent ribs at the place of application of the force bends inward. In this case, the inner plate of the rib is subjected to tension. When the tensile limit of the bone is exceeded, at the site of the greatest bend, bone particles rupture and a fracture occurs. The fracture line is uneven, often serrated, sometimes with small bone defects, located transversely to the rib axis. When a blow to the lateral surface of the chest is struck by an object with a wide surface, such as a truck radiator, indirect fractures occur at the poles: in the front, along the mid-clavicular line; behind - along the paravertebral.

Clavicle fractures more often occur in phase III injury and are associated with bone flexion that occurs when a person falls onto an outstretched arm or shoulder. Spine fractures, like clavicle fractures, are rare. They arise either from a direct impact on the back with parts of the machine (phase I), or as a result of excessive flexion or extension of the spinal column, more often in the cervical or thoracic regions (phases I and II). With excessive flexion or extension of the spinal column, the ligaments and intervertebral discs of the cervical vertebrae are more often damaged.

Fractures of the pelvic bones occur either in phase I of an injury from being hit by parts of a car, or in phase III as a result of a body hitting the road. The nature and localization of pelvic fractures are in direct proportion to the force and direction of the impact, as well as the features of their anatomical structure. They can be direct and indirect, isolated and, less often, combined, closed and, in exceptional cases, open.

When parts of the car hit the front surface of the pedestrian's body, fractures of the bones of the anterior pelvic ring often occur in the region of the horizontal branches of the pubic or ascending branches of the ischial bones. By their nature, these fractures are closed, oblique or comminuted, located in the anterior part of the pelvic ring on one side or simultaneously on both sides.

If force is applied in the lateral direction - a blow by parts of the machine in the area of ​​the greater trochanter of the femur or the iliac crest, unilateral fractures of the pelvis occur. These are either marginal and central comminuted fractures of the bones that form the acetabulum, or various transverse fractures of the iliac wing. By their nature, they are closed, they can be incomplete or detachable. Pelvic fractures are always accompanied by significant hemorrhages in the muscles and peri-pelvic tissue, and often injuries to the pelvic organs.

Among the fractures of the lower extremities in pedestrians, injuries to the femurs are predominant, which are more often located in the middle and lower thirds and are caused mainly by the bumper of a truck. Localization of fractures of the bones of the lower extremities depends on the ratio of the height of individual parts of the car and the height of the pedestrian.

Fractures of the thigh and lower leg bones, as a rule, occur in the first phase of the incident. They occur either as a result of a sharp single shock from the action of a traumatic force applied in the transverse direction to the axis of the bone (in this case, a shift of bone particles occurs), or as a result of the pressure of this force, which causes flexion of the bone. The mechanism of bone destruction also depends on the speed and duration of the collision, the mass and direction of action of the injuring object, and the position of the limb.

In phase I of tangential collision, helical fractures of the femur and tibia in the lower third may occur. These fractures are formed as a result of the rotation of the trunk with a motionless, fixed limb. In subsequent phases of injury, fractures of the bones of the lower extremities are extremely rare. In phase III, fractures of the ankles, heel bones, and other bones of the foot can occur.

Injuries from falling out of a moving vehicle

In road traffic accidents, there are cases when persons who have fallen out of moving vehicles are injured. Loss of victims from the car is observed in a variety of road accidents - collisions between cars and other modes of transport, cars hitting roadside objects, overturning cars, etc. do not represent specific. Nevertheless, a number of them have features that, taking into account the circumstances of the case, give grounds not only to confirm this injury, but also to exclude others, both car and non-car injuries.

Falling out of a passenger or driver from a moving vehicle occurs during sudden and unexpected braking, during a quick start of movement, during sharp turns of the vehicle and in other cases. In this case, the fallout occurs under the influence of inertial force or centrifugal force, or simultaneously under the influence of both forces.

The mechanism of the victim falling out of the car, as well as the nature and localization of the resulting injuries, depend on a number of factors: the location of the injured, the type of fall, the position of the body at the moment of impact on the ground, the speed of the vehicle, the height of the fall, the curvature of the turn, body weight, properties of the object, about which the body strikes, the properties of the tissues that come into contact with the object, in particular from their elasticity and resilience, affecting the softening of the impact, the contact area and many other points. More often than others, passengers who are in the back of a truck fall out. Before falling out, the passenger can be in the car body in different places (near the cab, at one of the outer boards, at the rear board) and occupy a variety of positions (stand, sit on board, etc.), regardless of the gate under the action of inertia forces or forces of centrifugal acceleration, the magnitude of which depends on the speed of the car, the passenger inevitably falls out of the body.

There are 3 options for falling out of the car body:

• * falling out under the influence of forces of inertia and forces of centrifugal acceleration (falling out to the side);
• * falling out under the influence of inertia force forward (through the cabin);
• * falling out under the influence of inertia force backward (through the tailgate).

For the occurrence of injuries in persons who have fallen out of the body or cabin of a car, it is not only the speed of the vehicle that matters, but also the height of the fall. The speed of free fall will be the greater, the more the body falls from the greater height, and therefore, the greater the effective speed, which determines the force of the impact. The position of the victim's body at the moment of impact is also of great importance in the event of damage. The victim, when falling out of the body, in the overwhelming majority of cases hits the road surface with his head. Meanwhile, for a number of reasons, by the time of landing, the victim can change the position of his body, and, therefore, hit the ground not with his head, but with another part of the body - legs, body.

Practically, two positions of the human body are distinguished at the moment of impact on the road surface - vertical and horizontal. In an upright position, the victim may hit the ground with his head, legs or gluteal region; with horizontal - back or front surface of the body. When hitting the head or legs, the area of ​​contact of the body area with a solid object is relatively small, however, the force is significant. When hitting with a large area of ​​the body, for example, the back, the force of the impact is distributed over a large area. Such a fall is characterized by the occurrence of less severe injuries.

The mechanism of damage for different types of loss is not the same:

• * When falling on the head, direct damage to the bones of the skull and brain occurs from hitting the head with the ground and indirect damage to internal organs from a general concussion
• * When falling on the legs, there are direct fractures of the bones of the lower leg and thigh, indirect damage to the bones of the skull and the substance of the brain, as well as internal organs from concussion;
• * When falling on the gluteal region, there are direct fractures of the pelvic bones from impact on the ground and indirect fractures of the spine, skull bones, brain damage, as well as internal organs from concussion;
• * When falling on the body (back, abdomen or lateral surface), there are direct fractures of the ribs, spine, bones of the upper extremities, sometimes the skull from impact on the ground and indirect damage to internal organs from concussion.

Thus, injuries to persons who have fallen out of the body or cabin of a moving vehicle may occur:

• * from hitting the body on a part of the car (rarely);
• * from hitting the body on the road surface;
• * from a general concussion of the body;
• * sometimes from sliding of the body on the road surface.

Injuries resulting from a fall from a moving car are most often located in the head area.

Damage characteristics

External damage, manifested in the form of abrasions, bruises and wounds, do not have specific features. Their localization corresponds to the place where the force is applied. In the area where soft tissue injuries are located, bone fractures or injuries of internal organs are often observed.

Despite the fact that external injuries are observed quite often, their severity, nature and localization, as a rule, do not correspond to the severity and nature of internal injuries. External injuries are insignificant, superficial, occur only on the side of the body that comes into contact with a solid object at the time of impact. The damage to the internal organs is always severe, extensive and multiple.

Injuries to the skull and brain predominantly occur when falling on the head as a result of a direct impact with the head on the ground. However, it can also occur with other types of falls. A significant number of deaths from falling out of a moving car are due to fractures of the skull bones and extensive damage to the brain substance. The localization and nature of skull fractures are very diverse, depending on the mechanism of injury and the place of application of force. Most of the total number of skull fractures are closed. They result from direct injury from a fall on the head or torso. Open fractures were observed only in cases of falling on the head and hitting the parietal or occipital region against a limited object.

Among the bones of the cranial vault, fractures of the parietal and temporal bones are most common. Fractures of the parietal bones are usually single, zigzag-like, as a rule, begin in the region of the parietal tubercles or near the sagittal suture. When falling on the head, in some cases, compression fractures of the bodies of the cervical vertebrae occur, accompanied by hemorrhages in the membranes and crushing of the spinal cord. When falling on the buttocks or outstretched legs, fractures form at the base of the skull, mainly in the posterior or simultaneously in the posterior and middle cranial fossa around the foramen magnum. Due to the characteristic shape of the fracture, resembling a ring - a circle, it was designated circular, or ring-shaped. The mechanism of annular fractures is as follows. When falling on the buttocks or feet, the latter, upon contact with the ground, suddenly stop their movement, while the rest of the body (spine, head) continues to move by inertia. With such a fall, the base of the skull, which continues its movement, is pushed onto the remaining cervical spine, while the occipital bone breaks along the circumference of the foramen magnum.

The severity of a skull injury is determined not only by bone fractures, but also by damage to the brain, its membranes and numerous blood vessels. Tears in the dura mater are usually caused by fragments of depressed vault bones. In some cases, ruptures occur from overstretching as a result of dehiscence or fractures of the bones of the base of the skull. The localization of ruptures is very diverse, but in most cases it corresponds to the location of the fracture.

Injury to internal organs in persons who have fallen out of the car occurs mainly as a result of a significant general concussion of the body. The mechanism of damage from concussion is especially pronounced when falling on the head, buttocks, legs, and in some cases, when falling on the trunk. Damage to internal organs during concussion is characterized by great severity, simultaneous damage to various organs, symmetrical localization, diversity of its character and inconsistency in the nature of external damage.

Of the total number of injuries to the abdominal organs, more than half are combined injuries of two, three, less often four organs. The most sensitive to concussion are organs that are of great weight, volume and mobility due to their ligamentous and suspension apparatus. These organs are the liver, lungs, spleen, heart, etc. The severity of morphological changes in these organs depends on the degree of concussion. The most characteristic and often observed changes include hemorrhages in the region of the ligamentous and suspension apparatus of organs, resulting from ruptures of blood vessels passing in the ligaments of organs as a result of overstretching when the organ moves by inertia after a blow; breaks. Hemorrhages are of various sizes and shapes, and, as a rule, are combined with other organ damage. Tears and tears in most cases occur simultaneously. Lung and liver ruptures are more common. Liver ruptures are always multiple, zigzag-shaped, located on the anterior-upper surface parallel to each other, more often in the transverse or cross-oblique direction. The size and depth of the breaks are usually not very significant. Heart ruptures are rare; they are more often localized at the site of aortic discharge. Hollow organs - the stomach, intestines, bladder are rarely damaged during a concussion. The ruptures of the latter more often occur with direct trauma, as a result of a blow with the stomach against a hard object.

Fractures of the pelvic bones occur when falling on the gluteal region or outstretched legs, less often when falling on the side or back. The location and nature of the fracture depends on the type of fall. The most significant fractures occur when falling on the gluteal region. The falling one is struck by the sacrum and ischial tubercles of the bones of the same name. As a result of such a blow, bilateral fractures of the anterior pelvic ring occur with localization in the region of both branches of the ischial and horizontal branches of the pubic bones. A fall on straightened legs is characterized by the occurrence of fractures in the region of the upper edge of the acetabulum and, less often, of the femoral neck.

Unlike a fall on the buttocks and straightened legs, when falling on the side or back, pelvic injuries are asymmetric and are localized only on one side of it. In this case, the traumatic force acts in the direction of the axis of the femoral neck through its head on the bones that form the acetabulum. With such an impact, fractures of the femoral neck often occur, as well as central and marginal fractures of the acetabulum bones with complete destruction of its walls, up to the penetration of the femoral head through the damaged acetabulum into the abdominal cavity.

Damage to the bones of the lower leg is observed much less frequently than the thighs, usually closed and localized in the lower third of the lower leg. When falling on straightened legs, they are often indirect and arise under the influence of two forces - torsion and pressure, acting in different points in parallel, but in opposite directions.

When falling on the trunk and rarely in other types of falls as a result of hitting the chest against the ground, rib fractures often occur either at the place of force application (straight), or away from it (indirect) rib fractures during a fall, as a rule, one-sided, always closed, rarely multiple and at several points of the costal arch. Direct fractures arise from the deflection of the rib at the site of impact, often along the axillary or scapular line. Indirect - are formed from the flexion of the rib and are localized along the paravertebral or midclavicular line.

The nature and localization of fractures of the bones of the shoulder girdle and upper limbs are similar to injuries that occur when falling from a height. Clavicle fractures are more often caused by an indirect injury from flexion of the bone due to a blow directed along its longitudinal axis (when falling on the side and hit by the front of the shoulder, when falling on an outstretched arm), and less often - when directly hitting the clavicle from the front. As a rule, they are closed, oblique, in most cases they are located in the middle and outer third of the clavicle.

Scapular fractures are uncommon for this type of injury and are extremely rare. Injuries to the humerus are also rare. They arise either as a result of direct injury from impact with the outer surface of the shoulder on the ground, or as an indirect injury when falling onto an outstretched arm. Most shoulder fractures are closed.

Damage when moving a human body with the wheels of a car

Moving as an independent type of car injury occurs rarely and only in cases when the victim before the accident is in a horizontal position on the road. Moving is much more common in combination with other types of car injuries. In these cases, it is customary to talk about combined types of car injuries. Crossings are especially common in combination with injury from a collision of a car with a pedestrian and injury from falling out of a moving vehicle. In such cases, running over with the wheels of a car is the final phase of the injury.

The injuries that occur to those who died as a result of moving by the wheels of a car, in most cases, are combined, multiple and always significant and severe. Their predominant localization is the chest, abdomen and pelvis. The death rate from moving injuries is very high.

The mechanism of injury when a person moves with a car wheel is complex and largely depends on the design features and the type of car, the momentum of its movement, mass, wheel radius, soil and object properties, their ability to compress, victim's body weight, coefficient of friction and many other conditions.

The mechanism of injury from moving by wheels consists of several successive phases. The number of the latter depends on whether the move is an independent type of car injury or an integral part of any combined type of car injury. Direct crossing is possible only at the moment when the victim is on the road in front of a moving wheel in a horizontal position. The crossing itself can be complete - the wheel completely rolls over the victim's body, and incomplete - the wheel enters and stops at a certain point on the body.

When moving directly, the following phases are observed. Initially, the victim's body, while in a horizontal position, is hit by a moving wheel. Following this, the wheel drags the body at some distance, sometimes rolls it over or pushes it away, and only then moves and squeezes.

When moving, a very diverse damage occurs, both in nature and in localization. Each phase of the move has its own inherent damage.

Damage characteristics

Skin lesions during a move are often minor and do not correspond to damage to internal organs and bones, which are always more extensive, widespread and more severe. Skin marks and soft tissue injuries resulting from a move can be specific, characteristic and uncharacteristic for the move. Specific traces and damage to the skin include imprints of the wheel tread pattern. They can be positive, reflecting the pattern of the protruding parts of the tread, and negative, reflecting the pattern of the grooves of the tread. Positive imprints on the skin can appear either in the form of layering of various substances - dust, dirt, paint, or in the form of abrasions and bruises. Their origin is associated with the friction of the protruding parts of the protector against the skin. The mechanism of negative tread imprints on the skin is as follows. At the moment the wheel moves over a particular area of ​​the body, the convex areas of the tread exert pressure on the skin in contact with them. As a result, the blood in the vessels of the squeezed skin is sharply displaced to the non-squeezed areas, which correspond to the deepened parts of the protector. In these areas, as a result of the overflow of blood vessels with squeezed blood, intravascular pressure increases, and the walls of the vessel rupture, as a result of which hemorrhages are formed under the skin.

In order to confirm the fact that the wheel of a car has been moved, the damage arising in the phase of dragging and direct crossing by the wheel is of great importance, combined into a group characteristic of this type of injury:

• * abrasions of the skin from dragging;
• * wide abrasions;
• * breaks in the skin from its hyperextension;
• * exfoliation of the skin from subcutaneous fatty tissue and aponeurosis (aponeurosis is a connective tissue plate, with the help of which muscles are fixed) with the formation of cavities filled with blood;
• * prints of fabric and parts of clothing on the skin in the form of bruises or parchment stains.

These injuries are not classified as specific, but as characteristic, because they occur not only when driving with a car wheel, but also during other injuries.

Abrasions of the skin from dragging are multiple, parallel, linear, superficial scratches, wider and deeper at their beginning and narrow and less deep at their end. If death occurs quickly, then as a result of the process of dehydration and drying of the skin, the noted abrasions become parchment and acquire a brown color. If the period of time between injury and the moment of death is longer, then the lymph covering the abrasion dries up, forming delicate, brownish-yellow, towering crusts. Localization of skin abrasions from dragging is very diverse. Most often, they form on exposed and exposed parts of the body - on the face and upper limbs.

In addition to the specific and characteristic injuries described, when the vehicle wheel runs over the body, injuries that are not typical of an automobile injury often occur. Among them, abrasions, combined with bruising and wounds, predominate. Among the latter, bruised, bruised-lacerated and scalped wounds with localization in the area of ​​the face, head, lower extremities and pelvis prevail. Laceration wounds form in places of bony protrusions from overstretching of the skin, especially often in the iliac crest, on the chest, in the clavicle and in other places.

The nature and localization of chest injuries are determined by the force of compression, the direction of its action, the position of the victim at the moment of contact with the wheel, as well as the area of ​​contact of the wheel with the body. The size of this area is determined not only by the width of the balloon, but also by the direction of its movement. When the wheel moves in a direction strictly perpendicular to the long axis of the body, the number of injuries is less than when the body moves in an oblique or longitudinal direction.

Moving the chest and abdomen is characterized by the occurrence of minor damage to the skin and soft tissues and extensive, multiple, severe damage to the bone skeleton and internal organs. Rib fractures are observed in the vast majority of cases of moving the chest with wheels. In the origin of rib fractures, two mechanisms are important - impact and compression by a wheel. The most common signs of rib damage when moving are the following:

• * closed nature of damage;
• * a significant number of fractures, mainly V - VIII ribs, protruding outward;
• * predominantly their bilateral location;
• * multiple fractures along the costal arch along two or more anatomical lines;
• * combination of fractures of different mechanisms - from impact and compression;
• * more significant fractures on the side of the chest, on which the wheel enters, than on the opposite;
• * change in the configuration of the chest - its deformation caused by significant fractures of the ribs, etc.

When moving the chest, rib fractures are constantly accompanied by damage to the clavicles, shoulder blades, sternum, spinous processes and vertebral bodies. Fractures of these bones, with the exception of the spinous processes of the vertebrae, do not represent anything characteristic. Their frequency, nature and localization are very different, and the mechanism of their occurrence is associated with the pressure of the wheel. Clavicle fractures are rare. They are, as a rule, closed, localized in its middle part, usually in an oblique direction and less often comminuted.

A car injury is often accompanied by multiple fractures of the pelvis, leading to a violation of the integrity of the pelvic ring. Moving the pelvis with a car wheel can occur only when the victim is on his stomach or back and is excluded when he is on his side. Fractures of the pelvic bones when moving are caused by impact from a rotating wheel and mainly from compression.

At the point of impact and entry, the wheel spends the greatest energy to overcome the obstacle. As a result, more extensive damage to soft tissues and bones is formed on this side than on the opposite side of the pelvis, from which the wheel rolls. The wheel can move the pelvis in different directions - transverse to the long axis of the body, oblique and longitudinal. The nature and localization of pelvic fractures is determined by many reasons: the direction of the move, the weight of the car, the position of the victim, the condition of the ground, the presence or absence of thick clothing on the victim, and other moments.

When moving a wheel over a basin, the following may occur:

• * isolated fractures of individual bones, not accompanied by disruption of the continuity of the pelvic ring;
• * multiple fractures of the pelvic bones with discontinuity of the pelvic ring.

Isolated fractures of individual bones are uncommon for moving and are rare. They are observed when moving with wheels over a victim lying on soft ground (sand, snow); in cases where there is a dense layer of clothing on the body; when the vehicle is relatively lightweight. More typical for moving are multiple bilateral bone fractures with discontinuity of the pelvic ring in many places. These fractures are localized on the right and left sides, simultaneously in the anterior and posterior parts of the pelvic ring. Discontinuity leads to deformity of the pelvis. It becomes flatter, its transverse size increases, the anteroposterior one is shortened.

Moving injuries to the lower extremities are uncommon for this injury and are very rare. The insignificant number of fractures of the bones of the lower extremities is explained, on the one hand, by the small diameter of the limb, which makes it easier to move, and on the other hand, by the good protection of the bones by muscles, which to a certain extent absorb pressure.

When a limb is moved, it is compressed between the wheel and the ground surface. At the moment of compression, the long tubular bone bends, while the bending is insignificant, since it is limited by the space between it and the road. The deflection occurs as much as space allows it. The larger it is, the greater the deflection. A bone fracture occurs from flexion at the most prominent point of the arch.

When moving the chest and abdomen with a car wheel, severe damage to the parenchymal and cavity organs almost always occurs. These injuries, as a rule, are closed, multiple, located in several areas of the same organ, are characterized by extensiveness, high severity, frequent displacements of damaged organs from one cavity to another, as well as a sharp discrepancy to external injuries.

Among the organs of the chest cavity, the lungs, heart and aorta are most often damaged, and among the organs of the abdominal cavity - the liver and spleen. Also, a characteristic sign for moving are ruptures of the diaphragm and displacement of the abdominal organs into the pleural organs.

The mechanism of damage to internal organs when moving is that the organ is squeezed between the ribs and the spine. A force acting in depth with a wide area of ​​application with a fixed torso leads to direct extensive ruptures, crushing or tearing of many organs at the same time.

Injuries to the skull when moving are caused by compression of the head between the moving car wheel and the road surface or soil. In this case, multiple multi-splintered fractures of the skull bones are formed, accompanied by deformation and a change in the configuration of the head. But head deformation is also observed with other types of injuries: a fall from a height, a fall on the head of a heavy object, etc. Therefore, this symptom can be attributed to characteristic damage for a move only in cases where the case file contains indications of a move that took place.

When moving the head with a wheel, comminuted fractures of the bones of the vault, the base of the skull and the facial skeleton occur, often with divergence of the seams and destruction of the brain. Trauma to the skull from moving is characterized by the following features: the absence of isolated fractures of individual bones of the skull, individual cranial fossa and areas of the skull - the vault or base; a significant number of open fractures; frequent damage to soft tissues by bone fragments, as well as large destruction of the membranes and matter of the brain. When the wheel travels over the head, gross brain damage is always observed. With open fractures of the skull, there is a complete or partial prolapse of the brain from the cranial cavity. In case of incomplete prolapse, the part of the brain remaining in the cranial cavity in most cases is a crushed, shapeless mass. With closed head injuries, brain damage manifests itself in the form of softening and crushing, mainly in places corresponding to the points of application of force, with hemorrhage into the substance, and sometimes the ventricles of the brain.

Injuries due to compression of the human body between parts of the car and other objects or obstacles

Compression of the body between parts of the car and other objects is observed in a variety of circumstances. The parts of the car that cause injury and the areas of the body that are subject to compression are different. Expert practice shows that trauma accompanied by compression of the body mainly occurs in road accidents and, especially, when rolling over and overturning cars. Under these conditions, the human body is squeezed between certain parts of the car and the ground. But compression can also be observed under other circumstances. There are frequent cases of compression of the body between parts of the car and the wall of the garage, observed when entering and leaving the car, between parts of the car and other fixed objects - a wall, fence, gates, etc., when the car passes through narrow places, between parts of the car and the post , wood and the like, when reversing the vehicle and in other cases.

The mechanism of injury in this type of car injury usually consists of one or two phases. The first is characterized by the fact that the victim's body is hit by some protruding part of the car. The second is by squeezing the body between a part of the car and the ground or vertically standing objects. The first phase, mainly observed during compression by the front parts of the car, does not play a decisive role in the origin of the damage. As a rule, all resulting injuries are caused by compression of the body between two solid objects.

The nature and localization of damage arising from this type of injury depends on a number of conditions: the weight of the car, which is pressed against the body; force application area; properties and nature of the surface of the pressing object; the properties and condition of the soil or object against which the body is pressed; the position of the victim's body; areas of the body undergoing compression; availability of clothing; speed of compression and other factors. The force acting in this case is many times greater than the elasticity of the chest, as well as the resistance of other bones of the skeleton of internal organs. As a result, fractures and destruction of internal organs occur. The larger the surface of the car, which compresses the body, and the heavier the car, the wider the area of ​​damage to the body and the more significant the resulting damage.

The injuries suffered by victims of being crushed by vehicle parts are manifold. Their number and severity depend mainly on the degree, speed and duration of compression. With significant and sharp compression, the lesions are more extensive, more diverse and quantitatively more than with weak and slow compression.

Damage to the skin and soft tissues is always insignificant, does not correspond to the severity and extent of damage to the internal organs and bones of the skeleton. Abrasions and bruising are almost equally common on the chest and head, while wounds are more common on the head. The nature of the wounds of the soft tissues of the head is monotonous - bruised and bruised-lacerated wounds prevail.

Unlike damage to the skin and soft tissues, the nature of damage to the bones of the skull and the substance of the brain, chest and internal organs, as well as the bones of the pelvic ring, arising from the compression of one or another area of ​​the body between parts of the car and stationary objects, have much in common with damage from moving a body with a car wheel.

Fractures of the skull bones are closed comminuted in nature and are located simultaneously in the region of the fornix and base of the skull. Depending on the degree and direction of compression, the fracture lines can be localized in two or three cranial fossae, on one side or both sides, in a very different direction. With significant fractures of the bones of the vault and base of the skull, as well as the facial skeleton, deformation of the head with a change in its configuration can be observed. It is characteristic that in all cases of skull trauma, hemorrhages are noted in the membranes, ventricles, and sometimes in the substance of the brain. Damage to the substance of the brain is often found.

When the body is compressed between parts of the car and stationary objects, fractures of the bones that form the chest and damage to internal organs are very common. Rib fractures are closed, they are multiple, located along one or two anatomical lines (mainly along the midaxillary and scapular lines), both on the right and left sides. In most cases, fractures are symmetrical and are accompanied by damage to other bones of the chest - the sternum, collarbone, or spine.

The generality of the mechanism of injury when compressed by parts of the car and when the body is moved by the wheel of a car is the reason that the damage to the ribs in these two types of car injury is in many respects similar. There is a particularly great similarity in the nature of fractures with frontal compression of the chest.

Among the organs of the chest cavity, such injuries as bruises, ruptures and, less often, tears of the lungs and heart prevail, and among the organs of the abdominal cavity - damage to the liver, kidneys and intestines.

Damage to the bones of the upper and lower extremities when they are squeezed between parts of the car and immobile solid objects are extremely rare.

Damage in the car cab

The conditions under which injuries occur to drivers and passengers in a car are very different. More often they are injured at the time of all kinds of road accidents - when cars collide with each other and other types of vehicles, when a car hits fixed roadside objects, when cars fall into a ditch, from an embankment, a bridge. In the event of an injury in the cab of a car, as a rule, several persons in the cab are injured or killed. The resulting injuries differ in their severity, often lead to death at the scene, and are very diverse in nature and location.

The occurrence of damage to drivers and passengers of cabins during a collision of cars with each other, with other modes of transport and stationary objects is explained by the phenomenon of inertia. When the car starts to move, the people sitting in its cab lean back, and this deviation is the greater, the faster the car transitions from rest to motion. When the vehicle slows down or when it suddenly stops, the persons in the cab lean forward in accordance with the direction of the vehicle.

An abrupt and sudden stop of the machine leads not only to a tilt of the body, but often to throw it forward. In this case, various parts of the front surface of the driver's and passenger's body (head, chest, lower extremities) hit the parts and mechanisms of the car's cab located in front - on the control panel, ceiling, steering wheel, windshield.

The location and nature of damage is influenced by the location, density and shape of various parts of the cabin, the speed of the vehicle, the weight and position of the victim's body, and other factors. The greater the speed of the machine and the more sudden the stop, the higher the force of inertia, and, consequently, the force of impact of the human body against a part of the cabin.

Damage characteristics

Soft tissue injuries in drivers and passengers in the cockpit, as a rule, are located on the head, front surface of the face, trunk and lower extremities, less often - on the lateral (on the left side of the driver; on the right side of the passenger) and extremely rarely - on the back

Head and face injuries arise from impacts on the steering wheel, windshield and its frame, dashboard, pillars and other parts of the cab. When struck against the windshield or glass of the door, as a result of their damage on the face and head, numerous cut wounds of various shapes, sizes and depths appear, sometimes in combination with extensive scalped wounds of the scalp. They are located on the most prominent parts of the face - on the forehead, in the region of the eyebrows, on the nose, lips, chin, and less often on the cheeks. In the depths of cut and scalped wounds, as a rule, fragments of broken glass are found. Occasionally, as a result of a blow to the dashboard on the front surface of the neck, the passengers of the cabin have abrasions and bruises, accompanied by hemorrhages into deep soft tissues, fractures of the cartilage, hyoid bone and damage to the neck organs. Injuries to the soft tissues of the chest in passengers occur much less frequently than in drivers.

Almost equally often, the drivers and passengers of the cab have injuries to the soft tissues of the anterior surfaces of the knee joints or the upper third of the lower legs, which are formed as a result of an impact on the control panel. They appear in the form of transversely located abrasions, more often of a linear shape, sometimes with a bruise around, or less often in the form of bruises of various shapes and sizes.

Injuries to the head of those injured in the cab of the car are accompanied by fractures of the bones of the skull and damage to the membranes and matter of the brain. Fractures of the bones of the skull arise from hitting the head against a part of the cabin, fractures of the bones of the skull can be closed and open, isolated or combined, depressed or comminuted. Most of them are closed, isolated, with more frequent localization at the base of the skull.

When the face hits the steering wheel, cab pillar, windshield frame or windshield, drivers and passengers, along with fractures of the skull bones, often have fractures of the bones of the facial skeleton and damage to the teeth. More often than other bones of the face, fractures of the lower jaw are noted. In most cases, they are open, located in the vertical direction along its front surface between the first or first and second teeth. The fracture line is always jagged, uneven. These fractures are often accompanied by tears in the lining of the gums and sometimes the lips. Fractures of the upper jaw and nasal bones are mostly open and multi-splintered.

Simultaneously with fractures of the bones of the skull, the injured to one degree or another are observed damage to the membranes, the substance of the brain and their vessels, which are associated with subsequent intrathecal hemorrhages and hemorrhages in the substance and ventricles of the brain.

In the origin of damage to internal organs, the main factor is the impact of the body against the parts and mechanisms of the car's cab located in front. The force of impact in a cab injury is less than in other types of car injuries. Therefore, the phenomena of general shaking of the body in such cases are less pronounced, and less for drivers than for passengers.

Depending on the nature, all injuries to internal organs can be subdivided into bruises, ruptures, crush injuries and detachments. Contusions and ruptures of lung tissue can have two or three mechanisms in their origin - blow, concussion, and shock. Bruises appear in the form of focal hemorrhages, localized simultaneously on both lungs. Ruptures of the lungs arise from a blow to the chest against a part of the cabin, less often from a concussion, and very rarely are caused by the ends of fractured ribs.

Passengers sometimes experience damage to the wall of the larynx, fractures of the hyoid bone, as well as damage to the cartilage and rings of the larynx as a result of the impact of the front of the neck on the control panel. The danger of such injuries is that they can lead to the development of edema of the mucous membrane of the larynx, which often ends in the death of the victim.

Injuries to the cavity organs - stomach, intestines and bladder - are relatively rare. They are no different from tears caused by any other blunt force trauma. Along with injuries of the bladder, the victims of this injury always have fractures of the pelvic bones, especially the pubic ones, the fragments of which damage the bladder.

Injuries to the chest are formed when the front surface of the body hits the steering wheel (for drivers) or the control panel (for the passenger), and less often - from hitting the cab doors.

At the moment of a collision of the car, the driver strikes his chest against the steering wheel in front of him, the impact falls on the location of the body of the sternum and the xiphoid process, respectively. At the moment of impact, the body of the sternum and the row of ribs attached to it bend, resulting in a straight transverse fracture of the sternum at the border of the body and the arm. Fractures of the sternum in drivers are invariably associated with injuries to the ribs, clavicles and ligaments of the sternoclavicular joint. The most frequent and characteristic combination of injuries is one-stage transverse fractures of the sternum and longitudinal damage to the cartilage of the II, III, IV ribs attached to it. Rib fractures are less common in drivers than in passengers. The cause of their occurrence in drivers is a blow with their chest against the steering wheel and, less often, against the left cab door, and for passengers, a blow against the control panel or the right cab door.

Along with fractures of the ribs, injuries to the vertebrae are often observed in the cabin. The injury is associated either with the direct impact of traumatic force on the back area, or with excessive flexion or extension of the spine. More often they are localized in the middle part of the thoracic spine (IV - VIII thoracic vertebrae), less often in the lumbar and cervical regions. Injuries to the vertebral bodies are predominantly of a compressive nature. The spinal cord and its membranes are not always damaged by a spinal injury. More often there are hemorrhages under the hard and soft meninges.

Fractures of the pelvic ring bones occur when the lower abdomen hits a part of the cabin, less often when this area is compressed between the displaced steering wheel and the seat back, and extremely rarely from the lumbosacral region hitting the seat back. When the belly is struck and squeezed, the traumatic force acts from front to back. The resulting fractures are localized at the site of force application, which corresponds to the pubic and ischial bones.

When the front surface of the bent knee joint hits the dashboard, patellar fractures often occur. Most often these are linear, jagged cracks located in the transverse direction. In some cases, damage to the patella is accompanied by comminuted fractures of the tibial or femur condyles.

ACTIVE SECURITY

What is ACTIVE CAR SAFETY? Scientifically speaking, it is a set of structural and operational properties of a car aimed at preventing road accidents and eliminating the prerequisites for their occurrence associated with the design features of the car. Simply put, these are the systems in the car that help prevent accidents. Below - in more detail about the parameters and systems of the car that affect its active safety.

1. RELIABILITY

The reliability of components, assemblies and systems of a car is a determining factor in active safety. Particularly high requirements are imposed on the reliability of elements associated with the implementation of a maneuver - the braking system, steering, suspension, engine, transmission, and so on. Increased reliability is achieved by improving the design, using new technologies and materials.

2. VEHICLE LAYOUT

There are three types of vehicle layout:
a) Front-engine - vehicle layout in which the engine is located in front of the passenger compartment. It is the most common and has two options: rear-wheel drive (classic) and front-wheel drive. The last type of layout - front-engine front-wheel drive - is now widely used due to a number of advantages over rear-wheel drive: - better stability and controllability when driving at high speed, especially on wet and slippery roads;
- ensuring the required weight load on the driving wheels;
- lower noise level, which is facilitated by the absence of a cardan shaft.
At the same time, front-wheel drive cars have a number of disadvantages:
- under full load, acceleration on the rise and on wet roads deteriorates;
- at the moment of braking, too uneven distribution of weight between the axles (the wheels of the front axle account for 70% -75% of the vehicle weight) and, accordingly, the braking forces (see Braking Properties);
- the tires of the front driving steered wheels are loaded more, respectively, are more prone to wear;
- the drive to transfer the wheel requires the use of complex assemblies - constant velocity joints (SHRUS)
- the combination of the power unit (engine and gearbox) with the main gear complicates access to individual elements.
b) Layout with a mid-engine position - the engine is located between the front and rear axles, for cars it is quite rare. It allows you to get the most spacious interior for the given dimensions and good distribution along the axes.
c) Rear-engined - the engine is located behind the passenger compartment. This arrangement was common in small cars. When transmitting torque to the rear wheels, it made it possible to obtain an inexpensive power unit and to distribute such a load along the axles, in which the rear wheels accounted for about 60% of the weight. This had a positive effect on the cross-country ability of the car, but negatively on its stability and handling, especially at high speeds. Cars with this layout, at present, are practically not produced.

3. BRAKING PROPERTIES

The ability to prevent accidents is most often associated with heavy braking, therefore, it is necessary that the braking properties of the car provide its effective deceleration in all traffic situations.

To fulfill this condition, the force developed by the braking mechanism should not exceed the adhesion force with the road, which depends on the weight load on the wheel and the condition of the road surface. Otherwise, the wheel will block (stop rotating) and begin to slip, which can lead (especially when several wheels are blocked) to the car skidding and a significant increase in the braking distance. To prevent blocking, the forces exerted by the brakes must be proportional to the weight load on the wheel. This is accomplished by using more efficient disc brakes.

Modern cars use an anti-lock braking system (ABS), which corrects the braking force of each wheel and prevents them from slipping.

In winter and summer, the condition of the road surface is different, therefore, for the best implementation of the braking properties, it is necessary to use tires appropriate for the season.

4. TRACTION PROPERTIES

Traction properties (traction dynamics) of a car determine its ability to rapidly increase its speed. The driver's confidence in overtaking and crossing intersections largely depends on these properties. Traction dynamics is especially important for getting out of emergency situations, when it is too late to brake, difficult conditions do not allow maneuvering, and an accident can be avoided only by anticipating events.

As in the case of braking forces, the traction force on the wheel should not be greater than the traction force on the road, otherwise it will start to slip. This is prevented by the traction control system. When the car accelerates, it slows down the wheel, the rotation speed of which is higher than that of the others, and, if necessary, reduces the power developed by the engine.

5. STABILITY OF THE VEHICLE

Stability - the ability of a car to maintain movement along a given trajectory, opposing the forces that cause it to skid and roll over in various road conditions at high speeds.

The following types of resistance are distinguished:
- transverse with straight motion (directional stability). Its violation manifests itself in yawing (changing the direction of movement) of the car on the road and can be caused by the action of the lateral wind force, different values ​​of traction or braking forces on the wheels of the left or right side, their slipping or sliding. large backlash in the steering, incorrect wheel alignment angles, etc.;
- transverse with curvilinear movement.
Its violation leads to skidding or overturning under the influence of centrifugal force. Stability is especially impaired by an increase in the position of the vehicle's center of mass (for example, a large mass of cargo on a removable roof rack);
- longitudinal.
Its violation is manifested in the slipping of the driving wheels when overcoming prolonged icy or snow-covered uphills and the car sliding back. This is especially true for road trains.

6. VEHICLE CONTROL

Handling is the ability of a car to move in the direction given by the driver.

One of the characteristics of handling is understeer - the ability of a car to change the direction of travel when the steering wheel is stationary. Depending on the change in the turning radius under the influence of lateral forces (centrifugal force when cornering, wind force, etc.), steering can be:
- insufficient - the car increases the turning radius;
- neutral - the turning radius does not change;
- excessive - the turning radius is reduced.

Distinguish between tire and roll steering.

Tire steering

Tire understeer is associated with the property of tires to move at an angle to a given direction during lateral pull (displacement of the contact patch with the road relative to the plane of rotation of the wheel). If tires of a different model are fitted, steering may change and the vehicle will behave differently when cornering at high speed. In addition, the amount of lateral slip depends on the tire pressure, which must correspond to that specified in the vehicle's operating instructions.

Heel steering

Heel steering is associated with the fact that when the body tilts (roll), the wheels change their position relative to the road and the car (depending on the type of suspension). For example, if the suspension is double wishbone, the wheels tilt to the roll sides, increasing the slip.

7. INFORMATIVITY

Informativeness - the property of a car to provide the driver and other road users with the necessary information. Insufficient information from other vehicles on the road, about the condition of the road surface, etc. often causes an accident. The information content of the car is divided into internal, external and additional.

Internal provides the ability for the driver to perceive the information necessary to drive the car.

It depends on the following factors:
- Visibility should allow the driver to receive all the necessary information about the traffic situation in a timely manner and without interference. Faulty or ineffective washers, windshield blowing and heating systems, windshield wipers, and the absence of standard rear-view mirrors dramatically impair visibility under certain road conditions.
- The location of the instrument panel, buttons and control keys, gearshift lever, etc. should provide the driver with a minimum time to monitor readings, operating switches, etc.

External informativeness - providing other traffic participants with information from the car, which is necessary for the correct interaction with them. It includes an external light alarm system, a sound signal, dimensions, shape and color of the body. The informative value of cars depends on the contrast of their color relative to the road surface. According to statistics, cars painted in black, green, gray and blue are twice as likely to get into accidents due to the difficulty of distinguishing them in conditions of poor visibility and at night. Defective direction indicators, brake lights, side lights will not allow other road users to recognize the driver's intentions in time and make the right decision.

Additional informational content is a property of a car that allows it to be operated in conditions of limited visibility: at night, in fog, etc. It depends on the characteristics of the lighting system devices and other devices (for example, fog lamps) that improve the driver's perception of traffic information.

8. COMFORTABILITY

The comfort of the car determines the time during which the driver is able to drive the car without fatigue. The increase in comfort is facilitated by the use of automatic transmission, speed controllers (cruise control), etc. Currently, cars are produced with adaptive cruise control. It not only automatically maintains the speed at a given level, but also, if necessary, reduces it to a complete stop of the car.

PASSIVE SECURITY

Passive vehicle safety should ensure the survival and minimization of the number of injuries for the passengers of the vehicle involved in a road traffic accident.

In recent years, passive vehicle safety has become one of the most important elements from the point of view of manufacturers. In the study of this topic and its development, huge funds are inverted, and not only because firms care about the health of customers, but because safety is a sales lever. And firms love to sell.

I will try to explain a few definitions hidden under the broad definition of "passive safety".

It is subdivided into external and internal.

The outer one is achieved by eliminating sharp corners, protruding handles, etc. on the outer surface of the body. With this, everything is clear and quite simple.

To increase the level of internal security, many different design solutions are used:

1. BODY STRUCTURE or "SAFETY GRILLE"

It provides acceptable loads on the human body from sudden deceleration in an accident and preserves the space of the passenger compartment after body deformation.

In a severe accident, there is a danger that the engine and other components can enter the driver's cab. Therefore, the cab is surrounded by a special "safety cage", which is an absolute protection in such cases. The same ribs and stiffening bars can be found in the doors of the car (in case of side collisions). This also includes the areas of energy extinguishing.

In a severe accident, a sudden and sudden deceleration occurs until the vehicle comes to a complete stop. This process causes huge overloads on the bodies of passengers, which can be fatal. It follows from this that it is necessary to find a way to "slow down" the deceleration in order to reduce the load on the human body. One way to accomplish this is to design collision dampening destruction areas at the front and rear of the body. The destruction of the car will be more severe, but the passengers will remain intact (and this is compared to the old "thick-skinned" cars, when the car got off with a "slight fright", but the passengers were seriously injured).

2. SEAT BELTS

The harness system, so familiar to us, is undoubtedly the most effective way to protect a person during an accident. After many years, during which the system has remained unchanged, in recent years there have been significant changes that have increased the level of passenger safety. Thus, in the event of an accident, the belt pretensioner system pulls the person's body to the back of the seat, thereby preventing the body from moving forward or slipping under the belt. The effectiveness of the system is due to the fact that the belt is in a taut position, and not loosened by the use of various clips and clothespins, which practically cancel the action of the pretensioner. An additional element of the seat belts with pretensioner is the maximum body load limiting system. When triggered, the belt will loosen slightly, thereby reducing the load on the body.

3. INFLATABLE AIRBAGS (airbag)

One of the most common and effective safety systems in modern cars (after seat belts) are airbags. They began to be widely used already in the late 70s, but only a decade later they really took their rightful place in the safety systems of cars of most manufacturers. They are placed not only in front of the driver, but also in front of the front passenger, as well as from the sides (in doors, body pillars, etc.). Some car models have their forced shutdown due to the fact that people with heart problems and children may not withstand their false alarms.

4. SEATS WITH HEADRESTS

The role of the headrest is to prevent sudden movement of the head during an accident. Therefore, the height of the head restraint and its position should be adjusted to the correct position. Modern head restraints have two degrees of adjustment to prevent injuries to the cervical vertebrae when moving "with an overlap", so characteristic of rear collisions.

5. CHILD SAFETY

Today it is no longer necessary to rack your brains over fitting the child seat to the original seat belts. The increasingly common Isofix attachment allows the child safety seat to be connected directly to the connection points prepared in advance in the car, without the use of seat belts. It is only necessary to check that the vehicle and the child seat are fitted with the Isofix mountings.

Characteristics of car damage and injuries to victims of various types of road accidents

During the initial examination of the accident site, it is possible with a certain degree of probability to predict the presence of characteristic injuries in the victims, depending on the type of accident.

Accident type	Vehicle damage	Injuries of the injured
Head-on collision	Deformation of the front of the vehicle, jamming of doors, violation of the integrity of the glass; displacement of the engine into the cabin	Cervico-vertebral and craniocerebral injuries, injuries of the abdomen, chest, head, lower extremities; cut and puncture wounds.
Tangential collision	Deformation of the contiguous side parts of the vehicle	Injuries to the abdomen, chest, head, rib fractures; cut and stab wounds and lacerations.
Side collision	Deformation of the side of the vehicle, violation of the integrity of the glass	Cervico-vertebral and craniocerebral injuries, injuries of the lower extremities, lower leg, pelvis, thighs, abdomen, head; fractures of the ribs, cut-puncture and laceration wounds.
Rollover	Significant deformation of the hull, roof, glass breakage, fuel spillage	Cervico-vertebral and craniocerebral injuries, spinal injuries; cut and stab wounds and lacerations.
Hitting	Deformation of the front of the vehicle, damage to the windshield; displacement of the engine into the cabin	Cervico-vertebral and craniocerebral injuries, injuries of the abdomen, chest, head, lower extremities, cut and puncture wounds.
Rear kick	Deformation of the rear of the vehicle, fuel spillage, damage to the rear window	Chest injuries, traumatic brain injuries, neck injuries.

The car has a certain shape and size of parts. All these dimensions not only determine the design, location and fastening of the units, but also take into account the safety of the vehicle and its aerodynamic properties. The points on the body, on which these qualities of the car depend, are called basic. There are also control points on the body.

NOTE: Body geometry is a collection of all sizes and shapes of its parts. Violation of the body geometry is a change in the size and / or shape of parts (or one part) of the body, as a result of which the base and (or) control points on the body have been displaced.

The general picture of damage when violation of the geometry of the body make up deviations from the specified dimensions of the base and body frame. Even in the absence of visible deviations, the location of the base and control points on the body should be compared with the technical documentation for the car - after all, not everything is visible to the eye, sometimes you need to use measuring instruments, for example, a tape measure.

Damage to the car body varies by category of severity. The higher the category, the more difficult the damage and the more effort, time and money is required to eliminate it and give the body part its original shape.

The simplest damage is dents in the outer body parts. They refer to the first category of complexity.

If the damage did not affect the driving performance of the car (it can be operated, only aesthetics in appearance is not enough) and the location of its main components, then they are damage second category of complexity. Such damage includes, for example, violation of the geometry of doorways, deformation of the middle pillars of the passenger compartment, etc.

If there has been a displacement of the main units of the car and (or) deformation of the supporting elements of the body, on which there are base points (spars, shock absorber cups, etc.), then such damage refers to third category of complexity.

If the damage relates simultaneously to all three first categories, and the geometry of three or more window and door openings is broken, then this is damage fourth category of complexity. It is very difficult to restore a car that has suffered such damage.

Damaged car fifth category of complexity, it is impossible to call it anything other than scrap metal. In other words, it cannot be restored. Almost all body dimensions and proportions are violated, almost all body parts need to be repaired, all base and control points are shifted, etc. With such damage, the foreman responds to the question "What can be done?" usually advises to remove the front and rear bumpers and insert a new car between them. But the bumpers are likely to be broken. So in case of damage of the fifth category of complexity, purchasing a new car is cheaper than repairing (or at least a similar amount).

So, before undertaking a car body repair, you need to objectively assess the complexity of the damage received and your ability to eliminate them. A novice craftsman can not cope with all the damage: for some, experience is simply needed, which is gained over time. If you do not have time to gain experience, confidence in your abilities - too, the car needs to be urgently restored, and the damage to the body is quite complex, then it is better to immediately contact a service station.

Body distortions and ways to eliminate them

Even a novice car owner knows that there are certain parameters of openings (windows, doors, hood, trunk lid) and the location of the base points of attachment of the power unit, suspensions, transmission units on the base of the body. The normal functioning of the car, all its assemblies and parts, controllability and stability can only be ensured by the correct location of the base points - in accordance with the requirements of the manufacturer. It is important to note that the manufacturer sets the requirements for the base points for a reason - this really ensures the safety and hassle-free operation of the car.

NOTE: Skewing of the body is a violation of the geometric parameters in excess of the permissible limits.

The body is considered repaired when its original geometric parameters (body geometry) have been restored in accordance with the vehicle documentation.

When correcting the skew of the body, the following parameters are monitored:

¦ the size of the gaps between the body and attached parts;
¦ the size and shape of window openings (especially carefully you need to control the size and shape of the openings of the front and rear windows);
¦ relative position on the base of the body of base and control points.

Body skews are of five types.

1. Skewed opening. This is the skew of the side door, wind and rear windows, that is, such damage to the body, in which the parameters of one or more openings are violated beyond the permissible limits.

In fig. 1.5 you see the following misalignments of the opening:

Skew of the side door opening (a);
skew of the wind window opening (b);
skew of the rear window opening (c).

Rice. 1.5. Skewed opening

2. Uncomplicated body distortion. Such damage to the body is considered uncomplicated, in which the geometric parameters of the openings of the hood or trunk lid (hatchback rear door) change in excess of the permissible limits, but the geometry of the base and body frame, door and window openings is not disturbed (the gaps of doors with front or rear car wings).

In fig. 1.6 you see the following body distortions:

¦ skewed hood opening (a);
¦ skew of the trunk lid opening (b);
¦ skewed hatchback rear door opening (v).

Rice. 1.6. Uncomplicated body skew

3. Body skew of medium complexity. With such a misalignment, the geometric parameters of the hood opening and the trunk lid (hatchback rear door) are simultaneously violated or the body is damaged in violation of the geometric parameters of the front or rear side members beyond the permissible limits (but without violating the geometry of the body frame).

In fig. 1.7 you see the following body distortions of medium complexity: skewed hood opening and trunk lid (a); misalignment of the front and rear side members (b).

Rice. 1.7. Medium body skew

4. Complex skew of the body. With this misalignment, the geometric parameters of the front and rear side members (a) are simultaneously violated beyond the permissible limits; or the body is damaged in violation of the geometric parameters of the front or rear side members, and the body frame (b); or the geometric parameters of only the front side members are violated (if the car structurally does not have a front suspension cross member) (c) (Fig. 1.8).

Rice. 1.8. Complex body skew

5. Skew of the body of particular complexity. With this misalignment, damage to the body occurs in violation of the geometric parameters of the front and rear spars and the body frame in excess of the permissible limits; if the front suspension cross member is structurally absent, then the geometric parameters of only the front side members and the car body frame are violated (Fig. 1.9).

The presence of a skew of the body is determined by the change in the size of the gaps of the mating hinged and welded body panels. If the gaps differ from the normative ones, and the doors, hood and trunk lid open or close with difficulty, then the body frame is skewed in these places.

Rice. 1.9. Skewed body of particular complexity

To determine if there is a skew in the base of the body, it is often necessary to dismantle the upholstery, which covers the places of possible metal deformation in the area of ​​the floor tunnel or wheel arches.

As a result of an accident, a variety of deformations can occur, which will significantly (and, of course, negatively) affect the further operation of the car. Deformations form folds in the floor and other elements of the base of the body or frame. As a rule, folds are formed in the impact zone, and in places far from the impact zone - in long body parts (the longer the part, the more it is subject to deformation) and in the gaps between the welding points (if the gaps are large, the metal sheets can move relative to each other , resulting in folds).

To detect obvious deformations (for example, a crumpled hood or a crumpled trunk lid, damaged doors, an "accordion", which until recently was a wing of a car), it is enough to carefully examine the outside of the car. The matter may not end with such deformations, therefore, if during the repair process, somewhere in the middle of straightening work, you do not want to unexpectedly find a deformation that requires pulling the car body, it must be inspected on a lift. In this case, you will be able to assess the condition of the body base and frame. Inspection is carried out visually, and for greater assurance, in order to be sure to detect all the folds, it is also recommended to touch the machine parts with your hand. As you know, the palm and fingers are a rather sensitive control instrument, therefore, when feeling, you can find folds that are invisible to the eyes.

Deformations of the body can disrupt the correct position of the wheels (as a result, the car becomes unstable on the road, and the tires wear out quickly), as well as change the location of control points (that is, violate the diagonals). If body deformation is detected, it is necessary to check the camber, that is, to check the geometry of the axles. In this case, the position of the wheels on different sides of the vehicle is monitored and compared.

To check if the control and base points are not shifted, it is necessary to use the method of diagonal measurements or, using frame devices, check the location of the base points of the body base. Sometimes measurements have to be made on special stands (slipways), while it is necessary to completely disassemble the body.

The method of diagonal measurements is to control the distances between symmetrically located points of the base of the body in the diagonal and longitudinal directions. The lengths of the diagonals do not matter, only the symmetry of the location of the control points is checked. If the diagonals turn out to be of different lengths (that is, asymmetric), then the skew of the body has definitely occurred. In fig. 1.10 shows a measurement scheme for determining the skew of the base of the body.

But even if measurements show that the points are symmetrical to each other, this does not mean that there is no skewing of the base of the body. The measurement results must be compared with the data in the vehicle documentation. If there are deviations from the established standard, then the level of these deviations indicates the degree of skewing of the base and body frame.

Elimination of body distortion. Before eliminating the distortions of the body, all components and parts of the car that may interfere with straightening, welding and painting must be removed. The machine must be installed on a slipway (Fig. 1.11).

Rice. 1.10. Measurement scheme for determining the skew of the base of the body (measurements are made in both the diagonal and longitudinal directions)

Rice. 1.11. Car on a slipway, ready to straighten body distortions

First of all, the geometry and shapes of the base and body frame are restored, and only then are the front panels straightening and straightening performed. Straightening and straightening work can be carried out both with removed and attached front panels.

If there are parts that, in principle, cannot be restored to shape or installed in place properly, then they must be disconnected before starting work to eliminate the skew of the body.

The editing sequence is as follows: first, the tougher parts are straightened, and then the less rigid ones.

The central part of the body (interior) is restored first. The straightened sections are fixed with rigid braces (their position should be unchanged during the subsequent straightening of the body sections associated with them). After the central part has been restored, the luggage compartment and the engine compartment are straightened. And only then the threaded and fasteners of the body are restored (they can simply be replaced with new ones).

Measuring frame devices should be installed on the body being repaired. only to check its parameters. Any repair work (straightening, drafting, straightening, etc.) with the installed measuring frame devices should not be performed. The geometry of the frame fixtures is checked on a serviceable body.

Hinged parts and technological glasses can be used to check the openings of doors, bonnet, boot lid and windows.

Skewing of the body opening is eliminated using mechanical or hydraulic braces. The kits of such guy wires include various stops, clamps, extensions and brackets. These devices are designed to produce tensile and compressive forces in the body openings (up to 3-5 ton-forces) (Fig. 1.12).

The supporting parts of the guy ropes must be placed on rigid body elements. If this is not possible or if a different arrangement of the braces is required, wooden beams should be placed in order to evenly distribute the load on the body (otherwise the body may deform under the brace support).

Rice. 1.12. Installation of stops, clamps, brackets, extensions when straightening openings

The car is installed on an exhaust stand. For simple body distortions, simplified universal stands are usually used (Fig. 1.13) to extract damaged elements, while the body is rigidly fixed to the stand, and power devices are located outside the body (Fig. 1.14).

The drawing process is monitored using standard measuring instruments, frame fixtures or diagonal measurements. When working on such stands, the load can be applied at any angle to the longitudinal axis of the body, and the power devices allow you to change the direction of the force from horizontal to vertical.

If the skew of the body is complex, then a high-performance universal stand is needed, where the stretching force can reach 10 ton-forces or even more. Such stands are equipped with measuring systems, with the help of which the parameters of the straightened part of the body are controlled during the drawing process.

Rice. 1.13. Universal stand for straightening car bodies

To eliminate a simple skew, the car must be installed at a work station and the point to which efforts should be applied and the place of support of the power stretch on the body must be determined. Then you should select the equipment for the power devices (extension cords, stops, brackets and grips). Power brace with accessories is installed in the body opening in the direction of the required hood. In fig. 1.15 and 1.16 you see options for eliminating body distortions (arrows show the directions of application of forces).

Wooden beams (hardwood) can be used as support to distribute the load where the power device is supported on the body. The force required to straighten the skew of the opening is created using a hydraulic or mechanical force stretch.

Rice. 1.14. Power device for simple body straightening

If damage to any part does not allow you to eliminate the skew of the opening, you also have to correct the deformation of the metal with a straightening tool. For example, if in an accident the car turned over and lay on the roof and, in addition to the skew of the opening, the racks are deformed, then they have to be straightened with a straightening tool in the process of straightening the skew of the opening. Otherwise, after the necessary stretching or compression of the opening, they can deform so that straightening will be either very difficult or even impossible.

Rice. 1.15. Installation of screw and hydraulic braces to eliminate distortions of door and window openings

Rice. 1.16. Installation of power devices to eliminate the skew of the hood or trunk lid (rear hatchback door)

After applying a tensile or compressive force, the geometry of the opening is checked. The editing is repeated until the opening geometry reaches the norm.

If necessary, during the straightening process, you can change the direction of the load application, adjusting the places where the power braces are installed and the force required for straightening when controlling the geometry of the opening. You can use multiple strength stretches at the same time.

Correction of complex distortions of body openings is carried out according to the same principle as editing of simple distortions.

To correct complex distortions of openings, the vehicle is installed on a universal straightening stand. In the direction of the body straightening force, the power plant is installed and fixed, the necessary slings and grips are selected in order to fix them to the damaged part. Note that the effort must be applied precisely to the damaged part, and not next to it.

After the attachment points have been determined, the clamps are attached to the rigid elements of the damaged body part. The gripper is connected to the lever of the power device with chains.

NOTE: In this case, the hydraulic cylinder of the power device is at the beginning of the working stroke, the chain is pre-tensioned, and the angle of inclination of the chain is selected depending on the required direction of application of force.

The pulling force is generated by a hydraulic cylinder. Thus, the extraction of the damaged part is carried out.
If necessary, when extracting a damaged part, as well as when straightening simple distortions, the deformations are straightened that prevent the elimination of the distortion (that is, straightening is performed simultaneously with the impact of power devices).

During the drawing process, it is necessary to control the geometry of the base points of the straightened part. For this, the extraction is carried out in stages, and measurements are taken after each stage, until a satisfactory result is achieved. The measurement results also indicate whether the drawing directions and the places where the force is applied should be changed.

If necessary, you can use two power devices and (or) additional power stretching (Fig. 1.17).

Rice. 1.17. Installation of power devices and stretch marks when correcting body distortion of medium complexity

If the skew of the body is of particular complexity and it is necessary to use several power devices at the same time, then it is best to direct the power efforts in the directions opposite from the center of the body. Alternatively, the body can be secured to the bench using an additional load-carrying transverse beam.

If the power elements of the body base (side members and cross members) do not stretch or there is a possibility of their irreversible deformation as a result of the application of force forces, then during the straightening process, it is necessary to disconnect the connecting elements (amplifiers and connectors) of the straightened power element (side member and cross members). The connecting elements are disconnected at the welding points and put in place at the end of the drawing.

After the extraction is complete, all auxiliary elements (power struts, braces, grips and chains) are removed. Then, the outer surfaces of the body parts are straightened and straightened. After straightening and straightening, the removed attachment body parts are installed in their places (the welded parts are fixed at the welding points).

If there are foci of corrosion on the surface of the body, then they must be eliminated when preparing the body for painting.

Source of information: Car painting and bodywork. Georgy Branikhin and Alexey Gromakovsky

The body is one of the most expensive and at the same time vulnerable parts of a car, and not a single car owner wants to overpay for repair work. That is why it is so important to know what types of damage to the body exist, and in what cases they occur.

Two types of body damage

All damage to the car body is divided into two types:

• Operational
  As the name implies, such damage occurs during the operation of the machine. The weight of the driver and passengers, dynamic loads while driving, increased loads due to uneven roads, engine vibration - all these are "natural" causes of deformation and damage to the body. Operational damage can be avoided only if the machine is not used at all. But since a car is not a luxury, but a means of transportation, this option is not suitable. This means that you need to carefully monitor the condition of the body and, if necessary, carry out repair work.
• Emergency
  If damage to the body appears as a result of an accident, it will be called "emergency". The overwhelming majority of such damages require repair work and are often very serious and expensive.

The higher the speed of the car during the accident, the greater the amount of damage and its scale.

Operational damage

The main damage to the car body during operation:

• Deformation of individual parts
• Sagging car doors
• Deformation of door / window openings
• Violation of paintwork, as well as anti-corrosion coating of the body
• Wing warping
• Detachment of welded / glued parts causing squeaks and knocks
• Cracks in the pillar area
• Breakage of bolts, nuts

Among all the above types of damage, the most common is the appearance of corrosion on the body. Even if the car is stored in a garage or box, it is very difficult to avoid the appearance of rust, because over time the paintwork wears out, becomes thinner and more vulnerable.

If you find rust spots on the surface of the body, you can not postpone the repair and wait for the corrosion to completely destroy the paint. Full body repair is an expensive procedure, so it is important to polish in a timely manner, apply an anti-corrosion coating, and even better - periodically cover the body with a protective polyurethane anti-gravel film.

The masters of our centers are always ready to help and perform a full range of works on anti-gravel film.

Emergency damage

Almost any accident, even the smallest one, leads to damage to the car body. The most serious damage occurs in frontal collisions, when the main impact falls on the front of the vehicle. It is clear that such damage requires repair and, as a rule, urgent.

The scale of the accident damage depends on many factors: the speed of the car, the mass of the vehicle, the angle of contact with the obstacle, road conditions, etc.

All accidental damage can be divided into three categories:

• Severe damage
  Damage, after which it is necessary to carry out a complete replacement of the body.
• Medium damage
  In this case, the body can be saved, but most of its parts will need to be replaced.
• Weak / minor damage
  Holes, dents, scratches caused by a collision at a low speed - such damage can be easily repaired in a car service or on your own.

Any damage - accidental or operational - must be repaired in a timely manner, even if it is a small dent or chip on the body paintwork. Moreover, if you do not have enough experience to carry out self-repair, it is better not to experiment and immediately contact a specialist for diagnostics and complete restoration of the body.

None of the motorists are insured against road accidents that happen on Russian roads. The reason for this is inattention, lack of assembly on the road, driving a car in a state of alcoholic or drug intoxication. The driver will not be able to predict in advance how the other road user will behave. Therefore, even a stupid misunderstanding becomes the cause of a serious accident. If an accident on the road did occur, then it is necessary to adequately assess the nature of the damage to the vehicles in order to find out the amount required to restore them. For this purpose, an examination is carried out, which allows you to immediately obtain the most reliable and high-quality assessment of the damage caused to the car in the course of a road traffic accident.

Vehicle assessment after an accident

Only an independent assessment of the damage to the car after an accident makes it possible to obtain correct damage assessment inflicted on a car in an accident. Recently, the number of road accidents has been increasing. Due to this, the state has earned a special mechanism that allows regulating the relationship between the participants in the accident: the victim and the perpetrator of the accident. Russian legislation dictates clear rules as well. The assessment of damage in the event of an accident by Rosgosstrakh of any other insurance company is regulated by regulations in the field of motor vehicle insurance CASCO and OSAGO. This means that if, when purchasing a car, you used a vehicle insurance policy, then the legal organization automatically gives a referral for an auto examination to institutions that are under its control.

Many car owners have heard about how the insurance company estimates damage after an accident. Firms controlled by the insurance company will work for the insurer, deliberately underestimating the cost of car restoration... There will be nothing to complain about in the documents that the expert of the insurance company will provide, and the car owner will receive a payment that will not be enough to fully restore the car. That is why the majority of car owners who have been involved in an accident turn to independent experts for help in assessing a car.

After an independent expert inspects the car and issues an appropriate conclusion, the owner of the damaged vehicle can contact the insurance company for compensation for damage. In this case, the insurer will no longer be able to refuse or underestimate the amount of compensation payment.

An expert examination of a car with the involvement of an independent specialist is carried out not only in the event of damage to the car as a result of an accident, but also during its sale. An expert examines the car and determines the approximate cost of the car.

Assessment of vehicle damage after an accident is necessary in the following cases:

• If necessary, find out the cost of restoring a car that was damaged as a result of an accident.
• If the car is damaged as a result of natural disasters (strong hurricane, tsunami, earthquake, etc.), then an assessment of the damage to the car is required.
• Damage assessment is also needed if the car is damaged by third parties (the car was beaten by hooligans, hacked as a result of theft).
• The perpetrators of the accident often turn to independent experts when they are not sure that the expert of the insurance company has presented the correct amount of damages.
• You can also turn to an independent examination when the car owner is not sure about the competence of the insurance company.

An injured car owner should not hand over his car to an insurance company. He has the right to conduct an independent examination, the results of which should be given to the insurer with a claim for damages. Before that, it is necessary to notarize the results of an independent examination. To transfer the conclusion to the insurance company, the citizen has five days.

Differences between an assessment of an insurance company and an independent examination

The authority to determine the damage to a car after an accident in our country is vested in two instances:

1. Insurance company experts and organizations controlled by insurance companies... Such experts work on the side of the insured, therefore their assessment of damage after an accident often does not correspond to the real damage to the car. In most cases, road traffic victims do not trust the assessment of experts from the insurance company and turn to independent experts.
2. The second instance, whose powers include the assessment of road accidents and the assessment of damage, are centers of independent expertise. An independent assessment can only be carried out by expert centers that have been accredited by the higher authorities. The expertise carried out by independent experts will most often differ from that carried out by the specialists of the insurance company. Independent experts, in contrast to the experts of the insurance company, work on a fixed payment, which will not be affected by the result of the work.

Unified methodology for assessing damage

Until 2013, there were several methods used to calculate damage in Russia. All of them were of a recommendatory nature only. When conducting the assessment, the expert could use any of them, which led to all sorts of contradictions in the conclusion. To eliminate such contradictions, was developed unified system for assessing damage in case of road accidents.

The author of this technique was the Central Bank. The development of the methodology fell on the shoulders of the Russian Union of Auto Insurers. It should be noted that the Union of Auto Insurers is a person interested in this issue, therefore, a unified methodology for assessing damage was created taking into account the interests of insurers.

A unified methodology for assessing damage in road accidents has been used in Russia since the fall of 2014. Today it is mandatory for use by various market professionals. It is used by both forensic experts and independent appraisers and insurers. It is actively used in the course of determining the cost of compensation for damage within the framework of the OSAGO policy. The methodology for a unified assessment describes the algorithms for the assessment, approaches to determining the extent of damage, the principles of choosing methods for troubleshooting.

A unified methodology for assessing damage is applied only within the framework of the OSAGO policy. It is used when it comes to the relationship between an insurance company and an individual. In other cases, the expert has the right to independently choose one or another method for assessing the damage. A unified methodology was created not only to improve the quality of the work of independent experts, but also to increase payments on MTPL policies. The problem with non-payments and underpayments of insurance companies is resolved precisely with the help of this method.

It happens that insurance companies seek to reduce the amount of insurance payments, in contrast to an independent examination. Let's look at a specific example in the video:

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