SPEED ESTIMATION IN HEAD-ON VEHICLE/POLE IMPACTS - UPDATE: OCTOBER, 1995
Head-on collisions of autos into narrow fixed objects such as trees and utility poles are a common occurrence that the accident reconstructionist has to deal with. Unfortunately, little pole impact data has been available to the reconstructionist and most of the available pole impact crush/energy/speed equations have been based on limited data. Accuracy of speed estimations suffered as a result. The results of several NHTSA tests have become available herein. Some appears on pages 22-27 of this issue and more appears in the Sept./Oct. 1993 issue and May/June 1995. Other pole impact test results appeared in SAE paper 920605 by Nystrom and Kost. This data was evaluated collectively to analyze the responses of different makes/models to narrow fixed object impacts, and to evaluate the accuracy of different crush/energy/speed equations.
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Authors:
- Craig, V
- Publication Date: 1995-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 28-32
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Serial:
- Accident Reconstruction Journal
- Volume: 7
- Issue Number: 5
- Publisher: National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists
- ISSN: 1057-8153
- Serial URL: https://www.napars.org/
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash tests; Frontal crashes; Single vehicle crashes; Studies; Traffic speed; Trees
- Identifier Terms: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Uncontrolled Terms: Fixed objects
- Old TRIS Terms: Nhtsa; Speed studies
- Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I80: Accident Studies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00715462
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 8 1996 12:00AM