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Alternative Title:
NHTSA vehicle data reference guide
Corporate Creators:
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Accident Analysis Anthropometric Dummies Crash Data Crash Injury Research Crash Tests Data Acquisition Databases Data Collection Dummies Fatality Prevention Handbooks Injury Prevention Instrumentation Motor Vehicle Accidents Occupant Protection Reference Books Sa Safety Standards Tests Vehicle Components Vehicles
Resource Type:
Manual
Corporate Publisher:
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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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Collection(s):
US Transportation Collection
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