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A “Toolbox” for Forensic Engineers

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Component Failure in Road Traffic Accidents 347<br />

Figure 10.26 Tearing of hole in damper tube as horizontal bolt was pulled out<br />

(close-up of lower center part of the damper tube shown in Figure 10.24).<br />

have been and no proper record had been made of the bolt replaced only 3<br />

weeks earlier, presumably the vertical one, and no attention whatsoever was<br />

given to discover why it had failed so soon after the new hitch had been fitted.<br />

The trailer was an accident just waiting to happen. There was no suggestion<br />

there was anything wrong with the hitch. It was unsuitable <strong>for</strong> the particular<br />

type of trailer and the way it was being used.

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