SCHOOL BUS PASSENGER SEAT TESTING

Tests and analytical studies were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of NHTSA's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on school bus passenger seating and crash protection (see Federal Register, Vol. 39, No. 147, pp. 27585-27589, Tuesday, July 30, 1974) in reducing the injury potential to the seated occupants in frontal impacts. The study parameters included seat back height and contours, number and size of the occupants, and impact velocity. Recommendations are made on desirable revisions to the NPRM requirements. Portions of this document are not fully legible.

• Corporate Authors:

  AMF Incorporated

  Advanced Systems Laboratory, 495 South Fairview Avenue
  Goleta, CA  United States  93017

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Adams, L
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 232 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Crash injury research; Crash tests; Crashes; Design; Frontal crashes; Mathematical models; Passengers; Performance evaluations; Protection; Research; Rocket sleds; Safety engineering; School buses; Seats; Structural engineering; Test procedures; Testing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria
• Old TRIS Terms: Pump tests; Rocket propelled sleds
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00093481
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: ASL-B35 Final Rpt., DOT-HS-801-714
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-4-00969
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 14 1976 12:00AM