Use of unmanned aerial vehicles in car crash investigations
Car crash investigations are traffic and technological processes which impose two opposing requirements: The first is time – the need to clear out the crash site as quickly as possible in order to prevent secondary incidents, as well as for the road to get back to full operating capacity with a normal traffic flow. The second request refers to the fact that an investigation needs to be carried out – the point of which is to see if there were any elements and evidence of misconduct or offences which would have caused the car crash or traffic offence. Today, carrying out investigations is a time-dependent process which requires a certain amount of time to be done, as this includes gathering evidence, doing the necessary measurements, on-site tracing etc. By using unmanned aerial vehicles and new scientific achievements, it is possible to improve how car crash investigations are carried out. Innovative technologies, such as 3D computer models of the crash site made with the help of a drone and photogrammetric procedures, the time necessary to investigate a car crash can be cut down greatly, which also improves the quality and quantity of the collected evidence, measures done etc.
This lecture will be held in Croatian.