ADVANCES IN BELT RESTRAINT SYSTEMS: DESIGN, PERFORMANCE AND USAGE

This volume brings together the papers presented at the 1984 SAE Annual Congress on the subject of advances in belt restraint systems design, performance and usage. These technical papers deal with the following topics: international experience on field accident performance of belt restraint systems; issues of belt effectiveness and recent laboratory data on vehicle crashworthiness with belt-restrained dummies; belt usage with emphasis on the public health and public policy issues associated with programs to mandate and encourage belt use; information on the medical and legal aspects of safety belt use and non-use; international advances in the design and performance of belt restraint systems; and child restraints.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • International Congress and Exposition Detroit, Michigan, February 27-March 2, 1984.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Publication Date: 1984-2

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 452 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Child restraint systems; Conferences; Crashworthiness; Design; Diseases and medical conditions; Dummies; Legal factors; Manual safety belts; Measures of effectiveness; Performance; Public health; Public policy; Utilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Law; Policy; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387258
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: P-141, HS-036 751
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 30 1984 12:00AM