DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED INJURY CRITERIA FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF ADVANCED AUTOMOTIVE RESTRAINT SYSTEMS

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) plans for upgrading the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, frontal crash protection safety standard, include improving protection requirements for the normally seated mid-sized adult male, as well as including additional requirements that will specify minimum requirements to minimize the risks from airbags to small-sized females and children in both normal and out-of-position seating locations. These new crash specifications will require the use of additional dummies of various sizes as well as additional performance criteria that appropriately represent injury thresholds of these additional population segments. The purpose of this report is to document the proposed injury criteria for specified body regions, including both the rationale and performance limits associated with them for all the various sized dummies to be used in the proposed upgrade of FMVSS No. 208 for frontal crash protection. Major areas of the body covered include head, neck, thorax and lower extremities.

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/14737
• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Kleinberger, Michael
  • SUN, E
  • EPPINGER, R
  • KUPPA, S
  • SAUL, R
• Publication Date: 1998-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Tables;
• Pagination: 120 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adults; Air bags; Children; Crash injuries; Dummies; Females; Head; Lower extremities; Males; Motor vehicles; Neck; Occupant protection devices; Risk management; Seats; Standards; Thorax; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety; Vehicle occupants; Vehicle safety
• Identifier Terms: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
• Uncontrolled Terms: Advanced occupant restraint systems; Injury criteria; Out of position (Vehicle occupants); Performance criteria; Small adults
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I84: Personal Injuries; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00819646
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 30 2001 12:00AM