SLED TESTS OF THREE-POINT SYSTEMS INCLUDING AIR BELT RESTRAINTS

The experimental test program included six sled tests using five unembalmed cadavers and one anthropomorphic test dummy to evaluate a standard three point belt system and an air belt which inflates during impact. The tests were conducted on the Calspan HYGE sled facility simulating 30 mph frontal collisions for the three-point belts and 47 mph frontal collisions for the air belt systems.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also PB-258 313.
• Corporate Authors:

  Calspan Corporation

  4455 Genesee Street
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14225

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • WALSH, M J
• Publication Date: 1976-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 164 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Anthropometry; Automobiles; Cadavers; Crash injury research; Crash tests; Crashes; Dummies; Frontal crashes; Manual safety belts; Research; Rocket sleds; Simulation
• Old TRIS Terms: Rocket propelled sleds; Sleds
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00144006
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: CALSPAN-ZP-5852-V-1 Final Rpt., DOT-HS-801-939
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-5-01017
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 15 1977 12:00AM