AN EVALUATION OF THE SAFETY PERFORMANCE OF TRICYCLES AND MINIBIKES

EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL RESEARCH METHODS ARE APPLIED TO THE STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDERN TRICYCLES AND MINIBIKES TO IDENTIFY THOSE DESIGN AND OPERATIONAL QUALITIES WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO ACCIDENTS WITH THESE VEHICLES. RESULTS ARE EVALUATED IN TERMS OF POSSIBLE SAFETY STANDARDS WHICH THE SPONSORING AGENCY MAY RECOMMEND AT A FUTURE DATE.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • NO ZN-5144-K-1
• Corporate Authors:

  Calspan Corporation

  4455 Genesee Street
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14225
• Authors:
  • RICE, R S
  • Roland, R D
• Publication Date: 1972-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 108 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycles; Crash causes; Crash investigation; Cyclists; Design; Safety; Stability analysis; Vehicle safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicular safety
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224407
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 3 1974 12:00AM