AUTOMOTIVE LATERAL-IMPACT COLLISION TESTS, PHASE I

A series of lateral-impact tests were conducted to determine the worst impact angle with respect to automobile intrusion using the Society of Automotive Engineers moving-barrier. Automobiles were impacted at 20 mi/h, and the impact angle was varied from 50 to 80 deg. The maximum vehicle intrusion occurred in the tests with a 60 deg impact angle. Portions of this document are not fully legible.

• Corporate Authors:

  NATIONAL AVIATION FACILITIES EXPERIMENTAL CENTER

  ATLANTIC CITY, NJ  United States 

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Scheuerman, H
  • Young, R
• Publication Date: 1975-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 185 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Angularity; Anthropometry; Automobiles; Crash injury research; Crash tests; Crashes; Doors; Loss and damage; Mechanical acceleration; Research; Safety engineering; Speed; Structural analysis; Testing; Traffic barriers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Angles; Barriers; Structural properties
• Old TRIS Terms: Angular momentum
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00090488
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FAA-NA-74-18 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-032-1-036
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 29 1975 12:00AM