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Examination of a Deployed Airbag for DNA and Cosmetics to Answer the “Driver Question”

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Pages 165-175 | Published online: 22 Nov 2013
 

ABSTRACT

Post-motor vehicle collision analysis of a driver's airbag can assist the accident reconstruction investigators and the court in criminal and civil litigation by providing an answer to the driver question. This paper describes a case in which a combination of analysis for cosmetics and saliva provided support for placing a female suspect behind the steering wheel at the time of the crash. The authors believe the combination of this evidence in post-motor vehicle crash analysis, which assisted the Court in making its decision in October 1999, to be a first in Canada.

RÉSUMÉ

L'analyse d'un sac gonflable, côté du conducteur, suite à une collision d'un véhicule motorisé peut aider les enquêteurs dans la reconstitution d'un accident ainsi que la cour dans des litiges criminels et civils en fournissant une réponse quant à la question concernant le conducteur. Cet article décrit un cas dans lequel un mélange d'analyses d'échantillons cosmétiques et de salive a fournit des preuves plaçant une femme comme suspect derrière le volant au moment de la collision. Les auteurs croient que la combinaison de ces preuves d'analyse à la suite d'une collision d'un véhicule motorisé, qui a aidé la Cour à faire sa décision en octobre 1999, est une première au Canada.

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