PROTECTION OF VEHICLE OCCUPANTS IN CASE OF HEAD ON COLLISIONS

PROTECTION DES OCCUPANTS EN CHOC FRONTAL

There exist several means of protecting vehicle occupants from secondary shock: Systems fixed directly or not to a non-deformed part of the vehicle structure (mainly safety belts of all types), systems which protect the occupants by means of absorbing devices placed in front of them to prevent them from hitting the sides of the vehicle, some of them being very efficient in the case of very violent shocks. Those various restraint methods are evaluated together with selection criteria. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Societe des Ingenieurs de l'Automobile

  254 rue de Vaugirard
  Paris 15e,   France 

  Societe des Ingenieurs de L'Automobile

  3 Avenue President Wilson
  F 7500 Paris 16E,   France 
• Authors:
  • Derampe, J
• Publication Date: 1975-11

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 389-387
• Serial:
  • Journal de la SIA
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Societe des Ingenieurs de l'Automobile

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Frontal crashes; Manual safety belts; Octane number; Prevention; Restraint systems; Shock (Mechanics); Shock (Pathology); Vehicle occupants
• Uncontrolled Terms: Front
• Old TRIS Terms: Absorbers /equipment/; Octane rating; Shock /physiology/
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 9025: Front; 1466: Passive safety system; 9149: Prevention; 5471: Shock; 1715: Vehicle occupant
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157418
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM