Car Accident

RUNNING HEAD: CAR ACCIDENT
CAR ACCIDENT
Name of Student
Name of University
Author note

Car accident1
Response to question 3
Phases Host (person
injured)
Agent (object
transferring
injurious energy)
Environment (physical,
social, economic)
Pre-event Alcoholic influence,
lack of vehicle
control, diminished
logical and rational
thoughts under
alcohol influence,
diminished problem
solving, lack of
supervision, poor
driving habits,
travelling late at
night, driving alone,
no other person to
guide or support,
driving under
alcoholic influence,
lack of planning and
alertness, poor vision,
poor reaction time,
intoxicated,
Old model car,
compact vehicle.
Rushing towards the
female driver’s car,
brakes were drawn
on time, the
impacting car had a
good reaction time
on its part but the
host’s car could not
control its drive,
Mass momentum,
Immobile force,
Contact force Linear
collision, Angular
momentum induced
force,
The physical environment
was – secluded road, late at
night, there was not light on
the road and the climate
was dry as well. Speed, no
seat belt, wearied brake
pad, no airbags,

Car accident2
inattention to other
cars,
Event Loss of car brake
control, she rolled
with the rolling car
multiple times, could
not control the
wearied brakes,
failure to wear seat
belt,
The car braked
before taking a
curve in the curve of
the road but as
because the female
driver’s car did not
slow down (as did
not hit the brakes on
time), it collided
with the car and
resulted in an
accident. The
repeated rolling
movement of the
host’s car resulted in
the head injury of
the patient causing
traumatic brain
injury and resultant
coma.
Skull impacted due to head
injury, huge contact forces
on the skull and immediate
head injury.
Repeated traumas to the
host’s skull due to resultant
momentum driven repeated
rolling of the host’s car.
Social – celebration, party,
the host was intoxicate to
intake of alcoholic
beverage, she did not
anyone else to drive for her.
She was returning home,
alone, late at night.
Post
event
Loss of
consciousness, trauma
Brain damage, brain tissue
affected. Soft tissue injured