FINAL DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FMVSS 214: SIDE DOOR STRENGTH

The report covers the final design and implementation plan for evaluating the effectiveness of FMVSS 214 (Side Door Strength). The plan for the evaluation study considers measurability criteria, alternative statistical techniques, and data availability/collectability. Effects of side door beams were most discernible only in relatively low speed, angle collisions where the corner of the striking bumper impacts near the center of a door.

  • Corporate Authors:

    Center for the Environment and Man, Incorporated

    275 Windsor Street
    Hartford, CT  United States  06120

    National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
    Washington, DC  United States  20590
  • Publication Date: 1977-5

Media Info

  • Pagination: 91 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00158966
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
  • Report/Paper Numbers: CEM-4207-564, DOT-HS-802-345
  • Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-6-01518
  • Files: NTIS, USDOT
  • Created Date: Aug 4 2002 12:00AM