Drones used to improve traffic crash site assessments
Channel: Purdue Engineering
Date: 2019-01-16

Roadway crashes create slowed traffic as responders help victims 
and safety officers clear roads.  This is also one of the most vulnerable times for ‘secondary accidents,’ which often can be worse than an original source of the slowdown, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation: Federal Highway Administration. 

Purdue engineers partnered with the Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office to develop a process using drones that cuts crash site assessment time from hours to minutes and reduces the occurrence of secondary accidents.

Full Story:  http://bit.ly/2Hgdqa8

Featured Purdue Engineers: 

Darcy Bullock, Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of Joint Transportation Research Program
Ayman Habib, Thomas A. Page Professor of Civil Engineering 

Special Thanks: 

Captain Robert Hainje, Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Office

Lyles School of Civil Engineering - http://engineering.purdue.edu/CE

Joint Transportation Research Program - http://engineering.purdue.edu/JTRP 

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