SAFETY HELMET PERFORMANCE INVESTIGATION. VOLUME II

The objective of the project was to ascertain the capability of the best available helmets to meet the head injury criterion (HIC) proposed in the Motorcycle Helmet Notice of proposed rule making for Sept. 1974. Volume II reports on the evaluation of new motorcycle helmet headform sizes A, B, C and D. These data show that dimensions of the CRAGAR Prototype Size C headform are not within acceptable tolerances of the existing ANSI Z90.1 headform, and recommendations are made to require that these tolerances be met. (Portions of this document are not fully legible.)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1 dated Nov 74, PB-244 859.
• Corporate Authors:

  Southwest Research Institute

  6220 Culebra Road, P.O. Drawer 28510
  San Antonio, TX  United States  78228-0510

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Dunham, T D
  • Nagy, Andras
  • Hugg, S B
• Publication Date: 1977-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 314 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Anatomical models; Crash investigation; Crash tests; Design; Helmets; Highway safety; Human factors engineering; Materials; Motorcycles; Performance; Protection; Safety engineering; Shape; Studies
• Uncontrolled Terms: Configuration; Design criteria; Model tests
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Materials; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00158959
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-HS-802-378, SwRI-02-3820-Vol-2
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-4-00802
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 4 1978 12:00AM