Weighing System
Accuweigh’s Perth branch recently supplied a weighing system and logging software to WA’s Major Crash Investigation Unit to assist with estimating the speed of vehicles involved in major accidents.
In some cases, it is possible to estimate the vehicle’s speed immediately prior to the accident by comparing the distance the vehicle travelled after the main impact against the force required to move.
The damaged vehicle is connected via tow cables to the weighing system fitted to the Police 4WD so as to maintain the same vehicle aspect and direction of travel as after the initial impact. The Police 4WD then tows the damaged vehicle along the same path while the weighing system transmits instantaneous weight data to a Laptop which automatically logs the force readings required to move the vehicle.
Accuweigh is Australia’s largest industrial weighing company and has branches in all mainland states providing after sales service and support on weighing systems of all types.