VRI CONFERENCE PROJECTS, PRIORITIES PROPOSES SAFETY RESEARCH

THE VEHICLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1971 BY THE SOCIETY OF AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERS TO SPONSOR AND MONITOR RESEARCH IN VEHICLE SAFETY AND OTHER TECHNICAL FIELDS. AT THE END OF NOVEMBER 1972 OVER 100 LEADING VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC SAFETY SPECIALISTS FROM GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY PARTICIPATED IN A WEEK-LONG PLANNING CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY VRI IN WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA. THE PURPOSE WAS TO PRODUCE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRIORITIES FOR RESEARCH OVER THE NEXT 3--5 YEARS. AT THE END OF THE CONFERENCE EACH OF EIGHT STUDY GROUPS PRESENTED ITS LIST OF RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND IDENTIFIED THOSE OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY IMPORTANCE. THE GROUPS AND THEIR SUBJECT MATTER WERE THE FOLLOWING: VEHICLE ACCIDENT REDUCTION FACTORS (DRIVER VISIBILITY, LIGHTING AND SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, VEHICLE INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS, HANDLING AND CONTROLLABILITY, BRAKES, TIRES AND WHEELS, RELATED MEASUREMENT METHODS); VEHICLE FACTORS AFFECTING OCCUPANT INJURY SEVERITY (PASSENGER COMPARTMENT STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AND ENERGY ABSORPTION IN ALL DIRECTIONS, PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEMS, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND SUBSTANCES, CRASH MODELLING AND SIMULATION, RELATED MEASUREMENT METHODS); ROADWAY PHYSICAL FACTORS (ROADWAY, ROADSIDE, ROAD DISCONTINUITIES AND THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH VEHICLE PROPERTIES AND DRIVER CHARACTERISTICS); SYSTEM OPERATIONAL FACTORS (OPERATIONAL FACTORS, INCLUDING THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL AND DRIVER COMMUNICATIONS); OCCUPANT INJURY TOLERANCE FACTORS (INJURY REDUCTION PROGRAMS, TEST DEVICE DESIGN, PERFORMANCE CRITERIA, MODELLING); DRIVER PERFORMANCE FACTORS (DRIVING SKILL AND ITS MEASUREMENT, RELATION OF BEHAVIORAL FACTORS TO ACCIDENT OCCURRENCE, MEANS OF ALTERING DRIVER PERFORMANCE THROUGH DRIVER EDUCATION); TRUCK, BUS, AND MULTIPURPOSE VEHICLE SAFETY (UNIQUE VEHICLE, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND HUMAN FACTORS AS WELL AS AUTOMOBILE FACTORS WITH A CARRYOVER); AND SAFETY EFFECTIVENESS (COLLECTION AND INTERPRETATION OF VEHICLE ACCIDENT DATA, METHODS OF ASSESSING BENEFITS FROM IMPOSED COUNTERMEASURES. THE HIGH-PRIORITY RESEARCH PROJECTS ARE LISTED BY GROUP.

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• Publication Date: 1973-2

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 46-9
• Serial:
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Volume: 81
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0098-2571

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Buses; Conferences; Crash severity; Design; Driver performance; Drivers; Energy absorption; Engineering tolerance; Evaluation; Geometric design; Highway safety; Injuries; Measures of effectiveness; Motor vehicles; Personnel performance; Prevention; Research; Safety; Trucks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
• Old TRIS Terms: Tolerances
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Motor Carriers; Public Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224206
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 17 1973 12:00AM