Motor vehicle attributes : status report
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1985-03-01
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NTL Classification:NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors;
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Abstract:The Transportation Systems Center (TSC) was requested by the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Office of Vehicle Research to compile
and computerize a data base of vehicle safety attributes for automobiles and
trucks. The data base was developed as a source of vehicle specifications and
dimensions for research in the areas of Crash Avoidance and Crashworthiness.
As a result of this effort, a series of data bases has been developed by TSC. The
data bases include information from manufacturers and other sources on
automobiles and trucks and their respective dimensions and specifications. TSC
also developed a data base of automobile interior and exterior dimensions collected
through a program of direct measurement of automobiles.
Other data bases were obtained from within the automotive industry and NHTSA
during the course of this study. TSC transferred these data bases along with the
above mentioned TSC data bases onto the National Institutes of Health's (NIH)
computer system in Statistical Analysis Systems (SAS) data sets for NHTSA/TSC
research use.
The information within the data base will aid NHTSA and TSC researchers in
relating vehicle characteristics to injuries and fatalities by providing data input for
computer modeling and the formulation of accident-avoidance concepts. The
vehicle safety attributes data base will be up-dated on a continuing basis to
reflect changing trends in the vehicle population.
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