Questions to be Answered After a Crash: What caused the crash? Who was driving? What caused the death? Injury, disease, or combination? What was the manner of death? Natural, accident, homicide, suicide, or undetermined?

What was the Mechanism of Death?

Role of Carbon Monoxide, Sleep Deprivation, Failure to Maintain Vehicle

The Vehicle Itself: Weight, Size, and Con- struction in Relation to Risk of Injury

Seat Belts, Airbags, and Safety Injury Patterns

Acceleration, Deceleration, and "g-Forces"

Glass Injuries

Steering Wheel Marks

Footwear Evidence

Injury to Major Blood Vessels

Injury to Internal Organs

Airway Injury or Obstruction

Traumatic/Positional Asphyxia

Brain and Head Injury

Injury to the Back and Neck

Injury to/from Older Vehicles

Hit and Run

Runovers

Loose Objects Inside Vehicle

Animals Inside/Outside Vehicle

State of Mind and Human Factor

Immersion in Water

"I Only Had Two Beers, Officer"

Type of Beverage

Proof

Container Size/Alcohol Content

Blood Alcohol Levels

Alcohol Metabolism

Effect of Alcohol on Body Systems

Beneficial Effects of Alcohol

Alcoholism

Alcohol During Pregnancy

Cocaine and Alcohol