DETERMINATION OF RESTRAINT EFFECTIVENESS--AIRBAG CRASH TEST REPEATABILITY

Thirty-three airbag-equipped Mercury cars were crash tested at three different test laboratories in order to determine the repeatability of test results in the proposed FMVSS 208 procedure. Nine Hybrid-II crash dummies were used. There were significant inconsistencies in results from the three testing agencies; by comparison, the different dummies caused little or no difference in test results; there was a large component of test variability due to uncontrolled and generally unknown factors operating in each test crash. /GMRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Versace, J
  • Berton, R J
• Publication Date: 1975-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 9 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anthropometry; Automobiles; Crash tests; Crashes; Laboratory tests; Test procedures; Testing; Variables
• Uncontrolled Terms: Reproducibility
• Old TRIS Terms: Variations
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099232
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE #750395
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM