FABRICATION OF A STANDARD BENCH VEHICLE SEAT. VOLUME III. APPENDIX D

This report discusses a series of tests conducted on the DOT Standard Seat. These tests were conducted using several child restraint systems restrained to the bench seat by various 3-point automobile harness systems. Two different acceleration sled pulses were used in this study. The performance of the restraint systems under the different test conditions is given in tabular form.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper copy also available in set of 3 reports as PB-244 595-SET, PC$15.00.
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • STALNAKER, R L
  • BENSON, J B
  • Melvin, J W
• Publication Date: 1975-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 209 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Children; Crash injury research; Crashes; Energy absorption; Equipment tests; Manual safety belts; Research; Seats; Tests; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Sleds; Test equipment
• Subject Areas: Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00092436
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UM-HSRI-BI-74-5-3 Final Rpt., DOT-HS-801-386
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-4-00865
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 5 1976 12:00AM