SAFETY OF ROADSIDE CURBS
There has been considerable experimental research of cars crashing into roadside curbs. This paper uses all the published information to establish a relationship to estimate the ability of a curb to safely redirect a vehicle. A curb's ability to redirect a vehicle depends upon the speed and angle of impact, the surface material, if it is wet or dry and the radius of the impacting tire. There are other factors such as the aggressiveness of the tire tread and the tire pressure that are thought to be important but have not been incorporated into the analytical procedure. The equations may be used in accident reconstruction to estimate a minimum vehicle's speed to mount a curb. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 899758.
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Corporate Authors:
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
400 Commonwealth Drive
Warrendale, PA United States 15096 -
Authors:
- Navin, FPD
- Thomson, R
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1997-2
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 365-71
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Angularity; Coefficient of friction; Conferences; Crash reconstruction; Crashes; Curbs; Design; Height; Mathematical models; Overturning; Safety; Speed; Tires; Vehicles
- Uncontrolled Terms: Angles
- ITRD Terms: 6427: Angle; 5460: Coefficient of friction; 1631: Collision; 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 6489: Height; 2917: Kerb; 6473: Mathematical model; 1637: Overturning (veh); 1621: Reconstruction (accid); 1665: Safety; 5408: Speed; 1381: Tyre; 1255: Vehicle
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00752938
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
- ISBN: 1-56091-949-3
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Sep 28 1998 12:00AM