CRASH PROTECTION SYSTEMS FOR HANDICAPPED SCHOOL BUS OCCUPANTS. VOLUME III. APPENDICES

The objectives of the program were to identify and document lifts, ramps, tiedowns/securement systems and other ingress and egress hardware that has been used in the transportation of handicapped passengers - further, to critically evaluate the available hardware to assess its impact on the convenience and safety of the handicapped occupant during operational and crash situations; to compile, analyze and evaluate existing accident data involving handicapped occupants in order to ascertain specific causes of injuries and deaths; and to identify the injury causing hardware and mechanisms.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, PB82-131749.
• Corporate Authors:

  Minicars, Incorporated

  55 Depot Road
  Goleta, CA  United States  93117

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Khadikar, A V
  • Will, E
  • Costa, V
• Publication Date: 1981-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 354 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerodynamic lift; Anatomical models; Anthropometry; Buses; Crash tests; Crashes; Data analysis; Databases; Fatalities; Injuries; Manual safety belts; Mathematical analysis; Persons with disabilities; Protection; Ramps; Restraint systems; Rocket sleds; Safety; Safety engineering; School buses; State of the art studies; Testing; Wheelchairs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes; Convenience; Lifts
• Old TRIS Terms: Occupant restraint; Rocket propelled sleds
• Subject Areas: Highways; Public Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00346756
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FR-1074-03-81-VOL-3 Final Rpt., HS-805 828
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-7-01774
• Files: HSL, NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 29 1982 12:00AM