THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESULT PRESENTATION IN AUSTRALIA'S NEW CAR ASSESSMENT PROGRAM

This paper examines market research findings about consumer knowledge of vehicle safety. Consumer demand for simplified information is evaluated in the context of output generated from Australian NCAP full frontal and offset frontal barrier crash tests. The development of Australia's NCAP result presentation format is described. Australian NCAP originally presented results as discrete dummy response measurements from each crash test. Following consumer demand to simplify presentation, NCAP management applied injury risk functions to the results producing a single index rating. This 100 point scale represents the risk of life threatening injury for a weighted combination of full frontal and driver's side offset crashes. [A] For the covering abstract, see IRRD 896528.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

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  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • STOLINSKI, R
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTEENTH INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON THE ENHANCED SAFETY OF VEHICLES, HELD MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, 13-16 MAY 1996.
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 261-8
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Crash tests; Data collection; Injuries; Manual safety belts; Measurement; Standards
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ITRD Terms: 1465: Air bag (restraint system); 8006: Australia; 8623: Data acquisition; 1648: Impact test (crash); 2163: Injury; 6136: Measurement; 1476: Safety belt; 187: Specification (standard)
• Subject Areas: Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00747406
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 28 1998 12:00AM