Determination of frontal offset test conditions based on crash data

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• Creators:
  Stucki, S. L. ; Hollowell, W. T. ; Fessahaie, O.
• Corporate Creators:
  ISSI, Inc.
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Accident Analysis Accident Reports Air Bag Restraint Systems Air Bags Crashes Crash Tests Criteria Evaluation Fatalities Impact Tests Injuries Motor Vehicle Accidents Research And Development Risks Seat Belt Usage Traffic Safety Vehicle Tests

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• Publication/ Report Number:
  98-S1-O-02
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  This paper reports on the test procedure development
  
  phase of the agency’s Improved Frontal Protection
  
  research program. It is anticipated that even after all cars
  
  and light trucks have air bags for drivers and front seat
  
  passengers there will remain over 8,000 fatalities a year
  
  and over 100,000 moderate to severe injuries. This
  
  research program will address these injuries/fatalities
  
  through development of crash tests with impact
  
  conditions not currently addressed by FMVSS No. 208,
  
  development of additional or more appropriate
  
  instrumentation and injury criteria on the test surrogate,
  
  and evaluation of other sizes of test surrogates.
  
  An analysis of crash data is presented using the
  
  National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) and the
  
  Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) for fatality
  
  counts. The population is drivers in frontal collisions
  
  with air bag restraints. Using NASS, frontal impact
  
  modes are grouped into general "test" conditions which
  
  will best represent the real world impact environment.
  
  These general test conditions include full barrier, left and
  
  right offset, and other impact modes. Using these general
  
  groupings of impact conditions, the analysis further
  
  assesses degree of overlap and impact direction to
  
  determine more specifically which crash conditions result
  
  in highest injury/fatality to drivers with air bags.
  
  Injury/fatality risk is also assessed by driver size and
  
  body region, with a more detailed analysis of leg injuries.
  
  Finally, a preliminary benefits analysis is presented for a
  
  future frontal, left, offset test procedure.
  
  
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• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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