RESEARCH SAFETY VEHICLE: PHASE I. VOLUME 3: VEHICLE CHARACTERIZATION AND PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION

The Minicars Research Safety Vehicle is characterized as an automobile having a maximum weight of a present-day subcompact but with the usable space of a compact. Foam- filled closed sheet metal volumes and advanced airbag restraints provide a very high degree of occupant protection, particularly in frontal, frontal oblique, and frontal offset modes at higher velocities. Front-to-side crash performance is also a major concern. The characterization includes a high-g braking mode and a system to detect impaired driver performance. Performance to produce the greatest safety payoff in the mid-1980s and great payoff in research value in the latter 1970s is specified. /Author/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This report was sponsored by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
• Corporate Authors:

  Minicars, Incorporated

  35 La Patera Lane
  Goleta, CA  United States  93017
• Authors:
  • Struble, D
  • Bradley, G
• Publication Date: 1975-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 142 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Brakes; Crash injury research; Crashes; Research; Safety; Safety vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Safety practices
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00098885
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-4-00844
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1975 12:00AM