Aplicação da física na investigação de acidentes de trânsito rodoviário

Abstract

The present work for the degree in Physics - Educational Branch aims to analyze some applications of physics in the investigation of road traffic accidents. To this end, a bibliographic research was conducted that addresses basic concepts of classical mechanics as well as the determinant cause of a road traffic accident. The strategy used was the study of a case of a road traffic accident that occurred in the city of Maputo, with the objective of analyzing some applications of physical knowledge in the investigation of road traffic accidents, through physical-mathematical treatment and analysis. The results obtained show that without physical-mathematical knowledge, the causes of a traffic accident can hardly be justly clarified. In other words, the investigation of a traffic accident goes through three phases: criminal investigation; physics and the traffic accident and the determinant cause in traffic accidents, where the second phase is fundamental or the link in relation to the other phases, because the physical-mathematical treatment of the data collected at the site of the traffic accident is demonstrated, thus facilitating the reconstruction, analysis and prevention of the traffic accident. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)