Hampshire, Illinois Toll booth crash
I know you guys have not seen much in the way of accident animations so here you go. On October 1, 2003, This multi-vehicle accident occurred on the approach to a toll plaza near Hampshire, Illinois, about ½ mile before the toll plaza, in a 45 mph zone, and involved a total of five vehicles. After the accident, concerns were raised that traffic backups, created by vehicles stopping for the toll plaza, may have contributed to the cause of the accident. The simulations shown here were used to help determine the vehicle speeds before the accident. The simulations indicate that, before the accident, the three vehicles at the front of the accident were traveling between 0 and 10 mph while the two vehicles at the back were traveling between 50 and 62 mph. The low speeds of the three vehicles at the front of the accident are consistent with the intermittent queuing that existed about ½ mile before the toll plaza.
The first view shows a chase view of the Freightliner tractor-trailer (shown in red, at the back ). When the video begins, the Freightliner is traveling about 50 mph. The three vehicles directly ahead of the Freightliner¾the Goshen bus, the pickup truck and the Ford box trailer¾are traveling 10 mph or less. The Kenworth tractor-tank trailer, which is behind the Freightliner (not shown in the picture above), is traveling about 62 mph.
Author: stormchaser3751
Keywords: most extreme auto crashes multi-vehicle car pileup Illinois toll road
Added: January 22, 2008
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