Motor vehicle attributes : status report

Details

• Creators:
  Esterberg, M. A. ; Leavitt, James A. ; Madnick, B. ; Walter, Robert ; Bair, R.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Computer Models Crashworthiness Databases Fatalities Injuries Specifications Vehicle Characteristics Vehicle Safety
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors
• 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.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Alternate URL:
  http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/33000/33300/33358/33358.pdf
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c40a0bedae027bee59bebe1e14734f03ef09dbf6ddf7842a0c5593dc06f1a9e8
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5839/dot_5839_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.88 MB ]