RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ROADSIDE CRASH CUSHIONS: SYNOPSIS

4,500 POUNDS; VEHICLE SPEED, 60 MPH; IMPACT ANGLE, UP TO 25 DEGREES AS MEASURED FROM THE DIRECTION OF THE ROADWAY; AVERAGE PERMISSIBLE VEHICLE DECELERATION, 12 G'S MAXIMUM HILE PREVENTING IMPACTING OR PENETRATION OF THE ROADSIDE AZARD; AND MAXIMUM OCCUPANT DECELERATION ONSET RATE, 500 G'S PER SECOND. THESE DESIGN CRITERIA ARE INTENDED TO RESULT IN INSTALLATIONS AT WHICH HIGH SPEED ACCIDENTS WOULD BE SURVIVABLE FOR THE MAJORITY OF COLLISIONS. DATA ON 283 ACCIDENTS INVOLVING ROADSIDE IMPACT ATTENUATORS ARE RESENTED. EXAMINATION OF THE DATA INDICATES THAT, HAD THE ATTENUATOR NOT BEEN PRESENT, HOSPITALIZING INJURIES OR FATALITIES WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPECTED IN 57 ACCIDENTS. ONLY NINE HOSPITALIZING INJURY ACCIDENTS AND FOUR FATAL INJURY ACCIDENTS OCCURRED IN THESE 57 CASES.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

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  Federal Highway Administration

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• Authors:
  • Viner, J G
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Features: References;

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Barriers (Roads); Crash injury research; Crashes; Crashworthiness; Design standards; Impacts; Injuries; Research; Safety equipment
• Uncontrolled Terms: Barriers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224459
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 2003 12:00AM