ESCAPE WORTHINESS OF VEHICLES AND OCCUPANT SURVIVAL. FINAL REPORT

THIS IS A FINAL REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF THE FACTORS INVOLVED IN ESCAPE OF OCCUPANTS FROM CRASHED VEHICLE ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH THE VEHICLE IS INCAPACITATED ON LAND, SUBMERGED IN WATER OR INVOLVED IN FIRE. THE REPORT CONSISTS OF THREE PARTS IN TWO VOLUMES. THE SECOND PART CONTAINS THE APPENDICES FOR THE FIRST PART. INCLUDED ARE A BIBLIOGRAPHY, SURVEYS OF PREVIOUS SUBMERGENCE TESTS, A DETAILED ENGINEERING ANALYSIS OF SUBMERGENCE HYDRODYNAMICS, A SUMMARY OF CONVENTIONAL FLAMMABILITY TESTS AND TEST STANDARDS, AND A COMPILATION OF THE OURI IGNITION DATA AND SPECIAL ABSORPTANCE MEASUREMENTS ON VEHICLE INTERIOR MATERIALS. THE THIRD PART PRESENTS A MULTI-YEAR, INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN DESIGNED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON CRASH SURVIVABILITY, TO QUANTIFY THE APPROPRIATE ESCAPE WORTHINESS CHARACTERISTICS, TO DEFINE SUBSTANTIVE FLAMMABILITY TEST METHODS AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA FOR FLAMMABILITY OF VEHICLE INTERIOR MATERIALS, AND TO DEVISE OTHER CONTROL TECHNIQUES AND VEHICLE DESIGN FEATURES FOR FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No 1729-FR-1-1, 1729-1-2, 790 PP, 2 VOL, FIG, TAB, REF,
• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Sliepcevich, C M
  • Steen, W D
  • Purswell, J L
  • Ice, J N
• Publication Date: 1970-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fires; Flammability; Injuries; Postcrash phase; Safety; Surveys; Survival; Testing; Traffic crashes; Underwater structures; Vehicle characteristics; Vehicle occupants; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Post-crash; Submerged conditions
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223726
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 10 1972 12:00AM