?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F591%2F&rft.title=Statistical+Modelling+of+Pre-Impact+Velocities+in+Car+Crashes&rft.creator=Kager%2C+W&rft.creator=Kryven%2C+I&rft.creator=Myerscough%2C+K&rft.subject=Transport+and+Automotive&rft.subject=Machines+%2F+Production&rft.subject=None%2FOther&rft.description=The+law+wants+to+determine+if+any+party+involved+in+a+car+crash+is+guilty.+The+Dutch+court+invokes+the+expertise+of+the+Netherlands+Forensic+Institute+(NFI)+to+answer+this+question.+We+discuss+the+present+method+of+the+NFI+to+deter-%0D%0Amine+probabilities+on+pre-impact+car+velocities%2C+given+the+evidence+from+the+crash+scene.+A+disadvantage+of+this+method+is+that+it+requires+a+prior+distribution+on+the+velocities+of+the+cars+involved+in+the+crash.+We+suggest+a+different+approach%2C+that+of+statistical+significance+testing%2C+which+can+be+carried+out+without+a+prior.+We+explain+this+method%2C+and+apply+it+to+a+toy+model.+Finally%2C+a+sensitivity+analysis+is+performed+on+a+simple+two-car+collision+model.&rft.date=2011&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F591%2F1%2FAmst116.pdf&rft.identifier=++Kager%2C+W+and+Kryven%2C+I+and+Myerscough%2C+K++(2011)+Statistical+Modelling+of+Pre-Impact+Velocities+in+Car+Crashes.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++