Crash Compatibility for Occupantless Delivery Vehicles

Details

• Creators:
  Kan, Steve ; Reichert, Rudolf ; Park, CK
• Corporate Creators:
  George Mason University, Center for Collision Safety and Analysis
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Vehicle Safety Research
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Autonomous vehicles
  • Automated vehicle control
  • Electric vehicles
  • Advanced vehicle control systems
  • Vehicle factors in crashes
  • Delivery vehicles
  • Crash tests
  • Occupantless delivery vehicle (ODV)
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 813 332
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report, September 15, 2020 - December 29, 2021
• Contracting Officer:
  Hall, Ian
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  This research studied how variations in an occupantless delivery vehicle’s (ODV) design can affect the occupants in an occupied crash partner vehicle, across a range of expected operational design domains. In full frontal and frontal oblique impact configurations, improved ODV compatibility correlated well with less severe LPV crash pulses, lower occupant compartment intrusions, and lower occupant injury risk for all four ODV categories. Optimized ODV frontal stiffness characteristics and reduced ODV vehicle mass correlated with improved compatibility and reduced crash partner occupant and structural loads. In side impacts, improved ODV compatibility also correlated with less LPV structural damage and lower occupant injury risk for three of the four ODV categories. Large and tall ODV with a more compatible lower frontal structure and a relatively stiff upper frontal structure produced higher roof deformation and higher head injury risk in the crash partner LPVs.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  693JJ920R000059
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/73791/dot_73791_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.06 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Autonomous Vehicles ; NHTSA - Vehicle Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
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