HUMAN VOLUNTEER TESTING OF THE INFLATABLE BELT RESTRAINT

Dynamic sled tests of the Allied Chemical Inflataband (TM) using human volunteers and anthropometric dummies were conducted at Southwest Research Institute under contract with the U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Contract No. DOT-HS-4-00933). The testing program consisted of a series of 69 dynamic tests, 30 of which were dummy tests and 39 human tests. Test work proceeded as planned to a frontal impact equivalent to a 30-mph barrier crash of a subcompact vehicle. The human volunteers experienced no significant injury with the extent of trauma consisting primarily of mild erythema to the face and neck.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 19th AAAM Conference.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

  801 Green Bay Road
  Lake Bluff, IL  United States  60044
• Authors:
  • BURKES, J M
  • Cromack, J R
  • Glenn, T H
• Conference:
  • 19th Annual Conference of the American Association for Automotive Medicine
  • Date: 1975-11-0 to 1975-11-0
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Features: Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 365-374

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dummies; Dynamic tests; Frontal crashes; Human beings; Injuries; Manual safety belts
• Old TRIS Terms: Inflatable devices
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133546
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 6 1976 12:00AM