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:
  • Air bags
  • Vehicle tests
  • Crash tests
  • Accident analysis
  • Accident reports
  • Air bag restraint systems
  • Crashes
  • Criteria
  • Evaluation
  • Fatalities
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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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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5096/dot_5096_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 204.02 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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