OCCUPANT MOTION DURING A ROLLOVER CRASH
In 1982 nine thousand fatalities occurred from accidents in which motor vehicles rolled over. Despite this number of fatalities, little information exists about occupant dynamics during rollover. Most of the information presented in this paper is derived from full-scale crash tests to evaluate highway appurtenances, such as guardrails, during which the vehicles rolled over. In some of these tests, high-speed, on-board cameras recorded dummy motion. These films show the violence of the occupant's motion during rollover. Analysis of the films established which body segments of the dummy occupant impacted the various parts of the vehicle's interior. Dummy impact velocities and ejection have also been studied.
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Corporate Authors:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Office of Vehicle Research, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Johnson, A K
- Knapton, D A
- Publication Date: 1984-11
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 10 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash injury research; Crash tests; Crashes; Dummies; Dynamics; Ejection; Motion; Rollover crashes; Testing; Vehicle occupants
- Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I95: Vehicle Inspection;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00396297
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: Tech Rpt., HS-806 646
- Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Aug 31 1985 12:00AM