SMALLER VEHICLE VERSUS LARGER VEHICLE COLLISIONS

THE LARGER VEHICLE WEIGHED FROM 1.5-4 TIMES AS MUCH AS THE SMALL VEHICLE. THE STRUCTURE-OVERRIDING TENDENCIES OF LARGER VEHICLES IN A PARTICULAR COLLISION WAS FOUND TO GREATLY INFLUENCE THE SEVERITY OF EXPOSURE TO INJURY FOR OCCUPANTS OF THE SMALLER VEHICLE; RELATIVE STRENGTH OF STRUCTURES WAS SIMILARLY IMPORTANT. THE CRASH SAFETY OF A MOTORIST IS SHOWN TO DEPEND MORE ON THE USE OF ADEQUATE RESTRAINING DEVICES THAN ON THE SMALLNESS OF HIS CAR. MISMATCHED SIZES OF VEHICLES WERE CRASHED HEAD-ON, AS WELL AS IN REAR-END AND INTERSETION-TYPE EXPOSURES. ANALYTICAL RELATIONSHIPS OF POST-IMPACT DISPLACEMENTS AS WELL AS TRANSDUCER AND PHTOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION DATA ARE PRESENTED. ACTUAL ACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS WERE CONDUCTED WHICH PROVIDED BACKGROUND PREPARATION FOR THIS SERIES OF CRASH TESTS. RESULTS OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FINDINGS RELATIVE TO THE SMALL VERSUS LARGER VEHICLE COLLISION INJURY PROBLEM. /SAE/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 80, No 1, P 147
• Authors:
  • SEVERY, D M
  • Brink, H M
  • BLAISDELL, D M
• Publication Date: 1972-1

Media Info

• Serial:
  • SAE Journal of Automotive Engineering
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compact automobiles; Constraints; Crash investigation; Crash tests; Crashes; Injuries; Testing; Vehicle occupants; Vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Collision injury reserach; Small car
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223696
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM