COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANALYSIS OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MAK 4091 ANALYSIS OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Mechanical Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEHMET MURAT TOPAÇ

Offered to

Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Evening)

Course Objective

To analyze traffic accidents and show them both and analytic and graphic methods by engineering students that interested in this area, to minimize traffic accidents and contribute to interpret them more healthy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to define and describe traffic accidents generally.
2   It is expected that the learner will be able to interpret and report prints that occurs after accidents.
3   Students will be able to associate accident prints with accident and questioning the conclusions.
4   Students will be able to question conclusions and accident reports while analyzing the datum.
5   At the end of the module, the learner will be expected to explain accident and evaluate it financially according the conclusions.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General information- defining technical words
2 Examining accident reports prepared by police
3 Examining precautions for the reconstruction of traffic accidents
4 Examining prints that occurs after traffic accidents and its interpretation
5 Preparing accidents reports and records
6 General repetition for the exam
7 1. Mid-term exam
8 Examining calculation of speed with backward methods
9 Examining exact definition of crashing place in traffic accidents
10 Observation for traffic accidents' prevention
11 Examining of time-line diagram
12 Examining topics that responsible for technical experts
13 Reconstruction examples of the traffic accidents
14 2. Mid-term exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Kuralay, N.S.: Crash Mechanic and Reconstruction of Traffic Accidents with Examples. TMMOB Mechanical Engineering Association Publication n No: 158,
ISBN 975 395 095 0, Izmir 1994

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation is made within course to increase recognize and define better. Besides in the lessons that one week before the exams is made practise problem-solving.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE1 * 0.25 + MTE2 * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE1 * 0.25 + MTE2 * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Needs and parameters of system design within the course is evaluated by two mid-term exams and a final exam with schematic and numerical questions.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Active participation to the lecture.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

+90 (232) 388 31 38 - 215 sefa.kuralay@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Tutorials 2 3 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 2 10 20
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 107

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15453
LO.2553
LO.344544
LO.44455
LO.54355

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