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NHTSA data reference guide version 4. Volume 1, vehicle tests
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1997-04-01
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Alternative Title:NHTSA vehicle data reference guide
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Abstract:This guide documents the format of magnetic media (3.5 inch high density diskettes) to be submitted
to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for vehicle crash tests. This guide is
designated Volume I. NHTSA Data Reference Guide (Vehicle). Three other volumes exist; they
correspond to the other NHTSA databases: II. NHTSA Data Reference Guide (Biomechanics), III.
NHTSA Data Reference Guide (Component), and IV. NHTSA Data Reference Guide (Signal
Waveform Generator).
While the four databases are similar, they differ significantly as well. Your data submission will be
returned as unacceptable if you submit data in the wrong format for a particular data base.
The first step in creating a data submission is to determine which volume of the guide (vehicle crash
tests, biomechanics tests, component tests, or signal waveform generator tests) to use. The surest
method of determining which volume is appropriate for your use is to check with the Contracting
Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) who should be able to identify the appropriate data base
format. The following guidelines will help to explain the differences between the four data bases.
Information in the vehicle data base relates to the performance and response of vehicles and other
structures in impacts.
The biomechanics data base contains information used (1) to evaluate human impact response, (2) to
evaluate prototype dummy designs, or (3) to evaluate standard dummy designs in new impact
environments.
A component test identifies a specific vehicle component and/or dummy part and summarizes test
conditions. Component tests are conducted on various internal or external components of
automobiles to provide force deflection or time series data for use in computer simulation models
available to NHTSA.
Information in the signal waveform generator data base relates to the evaluation of data acquisition
systems at sites performing vehicle crash and biomechanics tests.
A biomechanics test always has exactly one occupant;
a vehicle test may have zero occupants or many occupants but normally utilizes dummy occupants.
Raw data is required unless submission of filtered data is authorized by the Contracting Officer’s
Technical Representative (COTR).
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