NHTSA data reference guide version 4. Volume 1, vehicle tests

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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:
  • Data collection
  • Crash data
  • Vehicle components
  • Handbooks
  • Crash tests
  • Crash injury research
  • Accident analysis
  • Anthropometric dummies
  • Data acquisition
  • Data collection
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• Resource Type:
  Manual
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• 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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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5209/dot_5209_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 505.89 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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