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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To specify vehicles carrying persons who can be eyewitnesses in the event of a traffic accident. SOLUTION: This vehicle detection apparatus is for detecting any vehicle located in the vicinity of an accident site at the time of occurrence of an accident and comprises a vehicle information storage part for storing vehicle identifiers; a one's own vehicle impact detection storage part for storing information about witnessing vehicles; a vehicle information reader part for obtaining vehicle identifiers from the vehicle information storage part of another vehicle detection apparatus; and an impact detection part for detecting impact and for obtaining the vehicle identifiers from the vehicle information reader part upon detection of the impact to store the vehicle identifiers as information about the eyewitnessing vehicles in the one's own vehicle impact detection storage part. Thus when detecting impact on a vehicle, the apparatus can obtain the identification numbers of nearby vehicles and specify any vehicles carrying persons who can be eyewitnesses of the traffic accident. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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