TRUCK ROLL STABILITY DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS

The principal objective of this project was to collect and analyze vehicle and highway data that are relevant to the problem of truck rollover crashes, and in particular to the subset of rollover crashes that are caused by the driver error of entering a curve at a speed too great to allow safe completion of the turn. The data are two sorts: vehicle dynamic performance data, and highway geometry data as revealed by vehicle behavior in normal driving. Vehicle dynamic performance data are relevant because the roll stability of a tractor depends both on inherent physical characteristics of the vehicle and on the weight and distribution of the particular cargo that is being carried. Highway geometric data are relevant because the set of crashes of primary interest to this study are caused by acceleration demand in a curve that exceeds the instantaneous roll stability of the vehicle. A concomitant objective was an evaluation of the performance of the set of data collection equipment on the truck and trailer.

• Record URL:
  • http://www-cta.ornl.gov/cta/Publications/Reports/ORNL_TM_2001_116.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Reactor Projects Division
  Oak Ridge, TN  United States  37830
• Authors:
  • Stevens, S S
• Publication Date: 2001-7-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 97 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Data collection; Driver errors; Geometric design; Highway design; Performance evaluations; Rollover crashes; Ship dynamic stability; Stability analysis; Truck crashes; Vehicle dynamics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00922808
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ORNL/TM-2001/116
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 20 2002 12:00AM