Mailbox Bracket Crash Tests: An Interim Report

Details

• Creators:
  Ross, Jr., Hayes E.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Technology Transfer Office
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Brackets Center Lines Crash Tests Mailboxes Posts Risk Tests Trajectory Vehicles
• Publication/ Report Number:
  7-1945
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas ; United States
• Edition:
  Interim Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Abstract:
  This is an interim report, summarizing the nine crash tests conducted to date on mailbox brackets. Each test was conducted and evaluated in accordance with nationally recognized guidelines as contained in NCHRP Report 230. In each test a car weighing approximately 1,800 lb. impacted the test article at approximately 60 mph. Initial impact point of the test article on the vehicle was approximately 15 inches to the left or right of the centerline of the vehicle on the front bumper. A 50th percentile anthropometric dummy, weighing approximately 160 lb., was placed in the driver's position and restrained with lap and shoulder belts.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3e510f827a6e9e19f92aadf020e6a1372736a93c36173df8200a0c6a1ad1eef013534af4fc2fb917162ab7a3e0f82e807dde42298ac9cdeb0511469d07a25656
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/83137/dot_83137_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.44 MB ]