A Study of Damage Patterns on Passenger Cars Involved in Road Traffic Accidents

Table 1

Vehicle damage rating components.

Vehicle Damage Rating
XX	ABC	Y

(i) XX described the direction from which the vehicle damage was received resembling numbers on a clock (1–12). It was shown with a 1– or 2–digit numeric character,
(ii) ABC described the area of the vehicle that received damage, reported with a 2 or 3 alpha character code.
(iii) Y described the severity of the damage received and was reported with a single–digit numeric character between 0 and 7.