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NHTSA - Vehicle Safety Research

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This collection includes reports from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Vehicle Safety Research program. NHTSA’s Office of Vehicle Safety Research program's mission is to strategize, plan, and implement research programs to continually further the Agency's goals in reduction of crashes, fatalities, and injuries. Research is prioritized based on potential for crash/fatality/injury reductions and is aligned with Congressional Mandates, DOT, and NHTSA goals. More information on the program can be found at https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data. Bookmark this collection: https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/collection_nhtsa_vsr or https://doi.org/10.21949/1530844.

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  • Status of NHTSAs Roof Ejection Mitigation Research
    Status of NHTSA’s Roof Ejection Mitigation Research
    Prasad, Aloke ;
    Pruitt, Corinn
    2023-05-01 | PDF
    NHTSA is continuing its exploration of roof ejection mitigation that began following NHTSA’s issuance of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 226, “Ejection Mitigation,” which sets requirements to reduce the likelihood of complete and partial ejections of occupants through side windows during rollovers or side impact crashes. Three mor ...
  • Vehicle Classification and Equipment Type Crash Data and Market Survey
    Vehicle Classification and Equipment Type Crash Data and Market Survey
    Eddy, Martha M
    2023-05-01 | PDF
    NHTSA evaluates market trends and crash data to understand how FMVSS affect motor vehicle safety. This report describes a crash data and market survey of five vehicle and equipment categories that all have unique relevance in the FMVSS: (1) large passenger vehicles, trucks, and SUVs excluded from FMVSS No. 208 air bag requirements (Class 2B); (2) l ...
  • A Modeling Study on Child Occupant Safety with Unconventional Seating Configurations
    A Modeling Study on Child Occupant Safety with Unconventional Seating Configurations
    Hu, Jingwen ;
    Boyle, Kyle J.
    2023-04-01 | PDF
    This study uses computer models to study how unconventional seating positions and orientations such as those conceptualized to be offered in vehicles with Automated Driving Systems may affect occupant response metrics of children restrained by child restraint systems (CRS) equipped with internal harnesses (CRS harness-restrained) or the vehicle lap ...
  • HeadUp Displays and Distraction Potential
    Head-Up Displays and Distraction Potential
    Russell, Sheldon M. ;
    Radlbeck, Joshua
    2023-01-01 | PDF
    Head-up displays (HUDs) present opportunities and challenges for mitigating driver distraction. HUDs may improve safety by reducing the time required to view driving-related information relative to a traditional head-down display (HDD). However, because the HUD is in the driver’s field of view, drivers may fixate on it and fail to perceive events i ...
  • Adaptive Driving Beam Headlighting Systems Rulemaking Support Testing
    Adaptive Driving Beam Headlighting Systems Rulemaking Support Testing
    Mazzae, Elizabeth N. ;
    Baldwin, G H Scott
    2022-10-01 | PDF
    This report describes work conducted to support resolution of NPRM comments regarding a compliance test procedure for “adaptive driving beam” (ADB) headlighting systems. The work supports a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration rulemaking effort initiated by a 2018 notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that proposed to allow ADB headlightin ...
  • THOR50M Repeatability and Reproducibility of Qualification Tests
    THOR-50M Repeatability and Reproducibility of Qualification Tests
    Hagedorn, Alena V. ;
    Martin, Peter
    2022-10-01 | PDF
    This report documents NHTSA’s evaluation of the repeatability and reproducibility (R&R) of the 50th percentile Test Device for Human Occupant Restraint (THOR-50M) dummy in qualification tests. Repeatability (similarity of test responses from a single dummy when subjected to repeats of a given test condition) and reproducibility (similarity of test ...
  • Development of an Automated Wheelchair Tiedown Restraint System
    Development of an Automated Wheelchair Tiedown Restraint System
    Klinich, Kathleen D. ;
    Manary, Miriam A.
    2022-10-01 | PDF
    This report describes a project to develop an automated wheelchair tiedown and occupant restraint systems (WTORS) that could be safely and independently used in automated vehicles by people who remain seated in their wheelchairs for travel. The literature review focuses on topics relevant to safe, independent use of automated vehicles to people who ...
  • Crash Simulation of FMVSS No 214 Safety Performance
    Crash Simulation of FMVSS No. 214 Safety Performance
    Reichert, Rudolf ;
    Kan, Cing-Dao
    2022-09-01 | PDF
    Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 214 requires doors in applicable vehicles to meet minimum force requirements when subjected to a static load in addition to the occupant protection requirements for the dynamic moving deformable barrier (MDB) and vehicle-to-pole (VTP) tests. The mutual effect of non-compliance was studied using vali ...
  • Interim Report to Congress Crash Test Dummies
    Interim Report to Congress — Crash Test Dummies
    United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Advanced Vehicle Safety Research
    2022-09-01 | PDF
    Section 24221(a) of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law mandated a GAO study to evaluate the availability and use of crash test dummies. Section 24221(b) of the BIL also directed the Administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to transmit to Congress an interim report that identifies (1) the ...
  • Adaptive Driving Beam Headlamps Test Repeatability Assessment
    Adaptive Driving Beam Headlamps Test Repeatability Assessment
    Mazzae, Elizabeth N. ;
    Baldwin, G.H. Scott
    2022-09-01 | PDF
    This report describes an assessment of test procedure repeatability for an “adaptive driving beam” (ADB) compliance test procedure. This work is a portion of NHTSA’S efforts in support of a rulemaking activity initiated by a 2018 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) [1] that proposed to revise FMVSS No. 108 to allow ADB headlighting systems as opti ...
  • RearSeat Frontal Crash Protection Research with Application to Vehicles with Automated Driving Systems Volume 1
    Rear-Seat Frontal Crash Protection Research with Application to Vehicles with Automated Driving Systems, Volume 1
    Hardy, Warren N ;
    Kemper, Andrew R
    2022-09-01 | PDF
    This report explores crash outcomes when tests designed for frontal crash protection are run with rear-seat 50thpercentile male occupants. Seven vehicle bucks were constructed for use in sled testing. Twenty-five tests were conducted using a 1.4-MN Seattle Safety ServoSled. Three crash pulses were used for each vehicle: an “NCAP85” pulse (NCAP puls ...
  • Integrated Seat Belt System Model Development
    Integrated Seat Belt System Model Development
    Bridges, Wade ;
    Ganesan, Velayudham
    2022-08-01 | PDF
    This research report documents the development of a finite element model representing a seat with integrated seat belts from a recent model passenger vehicle. Static tests evaluated seat deformation and potential failure mechanisms. Dynamic tests with appropriate anthropomorphic test dummies evaluated occupant kinematics and injury in high-severity ...
  • Evaluation of the WorldSID 50th Percentile Male Side Impact Dummy Qualification and Sled Test Repeatability and Reproducibility
    Evaluation of the WorldSID 50th Percentile Male Side Impact Dummy— Qualification and Sled Test Repeatability and Reproducibility
    Rhule, Dan ;
    Stricklin, Jim
    2022-07-01 | PDF
    This report summarizes NHTSA’s evaluation of repeatability and reproducibility of the Worldwide harmonized Side Impact Dummy (WorldSID) 50th percentile adult male dummy in qualification and sled test environments. Based on the results presented in this document, NHTSA finds that the WorldSID 50th male test dummy exhibits an acceptable level of repe ...
  • Development of Test Procedures for Lower Interior Rear Seat Occupant Protection
    Development of Test Procedures for Lower Interior Rear Seat Occupant Protection
    Wietholter, Kedryn
    2022-07-01 | PDF
    NHTSA conducted research to develop test procedures and assessment criteria to address injuries from impacts with lower interior surfaces in the rear seat, focusing on head and face injuries due to contacts with seat backs, head restraints, and lower B-pillars. To evaluate the head injury potential of production vehicles, vehicles were tested using ...
  • Foundations of Automotive Software
    Foundations of Automotive Software
    Arthur, David ;
    Becker, Christopher
    2022-06-01 | PDF
    This report chronicles the history as well as the current state-of-the-art practices of software development within the automotive sector. Key concepts, approaches, trends, and knowledge of automotive software development were collected to benchmark industry practices as well as to compare these to non-automotive industry sectors. The report provid ...
  • Firewall Design in Buses To Mitigate the Propagation of Engine Fires
    Firewall Design in Buses To Mitigate the Propagation of Engine Fires
    Huczek, Jason P ;
    Janssens, Marc L.
    2022-06-01 | PDF
    This report describes the results of research that was conducted to evaluate designs of the partition between the engine compartment and the passenger compartment in motorcoaches (rear-mounted engines), medium-size buses (forward-mounted engines), and school buses. The research examined the following. The ability of the partitions to mitigate the p ...
  • Hydrogen Container Performance Testing
    Hydrogen Container Performance Testing
    Dixon, Matthew ;
    Smutny, Tanja
    2022-06-01 | PDF
    This report describes research to evaluate the life cycle durability testing requirements for high pressure hydrogen containers set forth in the Global Technical Regulation (GTR) No. 13 for hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles. NHTSA is considering adopting the GTR requirements into a Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard. However, the GTR lacks detail ...
  • FMVSS No 213a Side Impact Test Evaluation and Revision
    FMVSS No. 213a Side Impact Test Evaluation and Revision
    Louden, Allison E. ;
    Wietholter, Kedryn
    2022-04-01 | PDF
    In 2014 NHTSA published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) requiring all child restraint systems (CRSs) seating children up to 40 lb to provide protection in side impact crashes. The proposed sled test simulates rear seat environment of the two-vehicle side crash replicated by the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 214, “Side impact prot ...
  • Testing of Unattended Child Reminder Systems
    Testing of Unattended Child Reminder Systems
    Prasad, Aloke ;
    Wetli, Alaine
    2022-04-01 | PDF
    NHTSA tested aftermarket, prototype, and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) unattended child reminder systems available for purchase or testing in the summer of 2020. Generalized functional assessment methodologies to document the systems’ capabilities were developed. The study intended to assess new systems and technologies introduced since the ...
  • Results of Event Data Recorders PreCrash Duration Study A Report to Congress
    Results of Event Data Recorders Pre-Crash Duration Study: A Report to Congress
    United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Vehicle Safety Research
    2022-03-01 | PDF
    The 2015 Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act), Pub. L. No. 119-14, SEC. 24303, Vehicle Event Data Recorder Study, requires NHTSA to submit to Congress a report on results of a study determining the amount of time event data recorders in passenger motor vehicles should capture and record vehicle-related data to provide sufficient i ...
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