TESTING OF FOREIGN PROTOTYPE EXPERIMENTAL SAFETY VEHICLES-PROGRAM. SUMMARY REPORT

The document provides an summary of the Foreign Experimental Safety Vehicle Test and Evaluation Program. The report summarizes the testing conducted, presents summaries of the test results and includes references to NTIS documents in which the detailed test data may be found. The purpose of the program was to continue the quantitative nondestructive and crash testing of foreign prototype Experimental Safety Vehicles. The vehicles tested under this contract were the Fiat, Nissan, and Toyota ESVs. Specific tasks included: Initial Inspection and Evaluation of Design Parameters; accident avoidance tests; crash injury reduction tests; post-crash evaluations.

• Corporate Authors:

  Ultrasystems, Incorporated

  Dynamic Science Division, 1850 West Pinnacle Peak Road
  Phoenix, AZ  United States  85027

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Boulay, P
  • Davis, S
  • Johnson, N
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 82 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Crash tests; Crashes; Design standards; Foreign automobiles; Motor vehicle bodies; Nondestructive tests; Postcrash phase; Prevention; Prototype tests; Safety; Safety engineering; Safety vehicles; Structural design; Testing
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile bodies; Foreign vehicles; Post-crash
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00093362
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Dyn Sci-2310-75-117 Final Rpt., DOT-HS-801-717
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-00860
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 16 1976 12:00AM