Problems of Forensic Sciences 1997 Vol. 35 (XXXV) 83-102
 
ON THE POSSIBILITY OF DEDUCTING THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF A ROAD ACCIDENT FROM KNEE INJURIES OF A PEDESTRIAN VICTIM

Roman MĄDRO, Grzegorz TERESIŃSKI
Chair and Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical Academy, Lublin

Streszczenie
The usefulness of post-mortem examinations of the knee joints of pedestrian victims of collisions with passenger cars was given a preliminary investigation, as was the possibility of making a better inference about the presumed location of the victim with respect to the vehicle at the moment of collision.

Słowa kluczowe
Traffic accidents; Pedestrian victims; Knee injuries; Mechanism of injury; Reconstruction of the accident.