AUTOMOBILE RECORDER RESEARCH - A SUMMARY OF ACCIDENT DATA AND TEST RESULTS

This paper has been prepared to present the progress made in the Disc Recorder Pilot Project as of March 31, 1974. Recorder data from accidents involving vehicles equipped with disc recorders will be discussed and compared with associated reports by accident investigators. Also, crash tests to which the disc recorders have been subjected will be described along with an evaluation of results.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Third International Conference on Occupant Protection, 1974.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Teel, S S
  • Peirce, S J
  • Lutkefedder, N W
• Conference:
  • Presented at the Third International Conference on Occupant Protection, 1974.
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 14-70

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Crash tests; Crashes; Instrumented vehicles; Loss and damage; Recording instruments; Testing
• Old TRIS Terms: Recorders; Test results
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00080727
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE Paper No. 740566
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 26 1975 12:00AM