1994 FORD EXPLORER XLT BROADSIDE COLLISION WITH A NARROW FIXED OBJECT: FOIL TEST NUMBER 98S005

This report contains the test procedures, test setup and test results from the first of three broadside crash tests conducted at the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory (FOIL), located at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) in McLean, Virginia. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) enlisted the FHWA to aid in the development of laboratory test procedures to be used in an amended version of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 201. Four previous crash tests with a Honda Accord LX and the FOIL 300K instrumented rigid pole (test numbers 97S003, 97S004, 97S005, and 97S006) produced a test methodology for conducting broadside vehicle crash tests of dynamic side-impact head protection systems (e.g., air bags). Once the test procedures were established, these three additional broadside crash tests were conducted to demonstrate the practicality and feasibility of the new test procedures. The three vehicles used for these tests were a 1994 Ford Explorer XLT (this report), a 1994 Toyota pickup truck, and a 1995 Honda Accord LX.

• Record URL:
  • https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/21000/21600/21646/PB99130296.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  MiTech Incorporated

  8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 950
  Silver Spring, MD  United States  20910

  Federal Highway Administration

  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, 6300 Georgetown Pike
  McLean, VA  United States  22101
• Authors:
  • BROWN, C M
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 81 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash tests; Head; Occupant protection devices; Side air bags; Side crashes; Sport utility vehicles; Support poles; Test procedures
• Identifier Terms: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory (Foil); FMVSS 201
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fixed objects
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I95: Vehicle Inspection;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00769466
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-98-150,, 3A5F3142,, Test Report
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-94-C-00008
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 16 1999 12:00AM