%0 Journal Article
%T Surface tyre imprints caused by a motorcycle collision rather than by being run over
%A Dong-Ri Li
%A Fu Zhang
%A Ning Xiao
%A Sheng-Dong Li
%A Wei-Dong Zhao
%A Xue Zhang
%A Yan-Geng Yu
%J Medicine, Science and the Law
%@ 2042-1818
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0025802418810102
%X Tyre imprints on the skin are usually considered to be the result of being run over by a motor vehicle. This article reports a traffic accident in which tyre marks on the victim¡¯s skin were caused by a collision rather than by being run over. The mechanism of the injury in this case is analysed and discussed. A 23-year-old male drove a motorcycle while under the influence of alcohol and collided with a sign pillar on the side of the road. Both the victim and the motorcycle careened into the bottom of a tractor-trailer. No witnesses or surveillance videos could confirm the process of the accident. Because tyre imprints were found on the victim¡¯s skin, traffic police believed that he had been run over during the accident. However, forensic autopsy and analysis of the accident process revealed that the true cause of the imprints was a collision between the victim¡¯s body and a tyre
%K Forensic science
%K tyre imprints
%K collision
%K run over
%K blunt force
%K three-dimensional laser scan
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0025802418810102