THE SEAT BELT: SWEDISH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY

Vattenfall, short for Kungliga Vattenfallstyrelsen (the Swedish State Power Board), is a pioneer of the automotive seat belt. Two of its engineers took advantage of American research findings and completed comprehensive practical tests that resulted in the construction of the most widely used seat belt in Europe during the late 1950s and 1960s. The diagonal belt, which later became standard, was united with a lap belt as well to form the so-called 3-point belt. Construction of this type is included in Vattenfall's research and developmental work. In 1959, when a more goal-oriented development of the the 2-point belt into a 3-point belt was begun, it was decided that the comprehensive work completed was sufficient and that the belts satisfied safety requirements. Therefore, Vattenfall felt ready to terminate the project and allow the industry to assume its continuation. Vattenfall's reason for development of the seat belt was one of occupational safety. (A) A Swedish version is also available (Bilbaeltet)

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• Corporate Authors:

  VATTENFALL

  ALVKARLEBY, SWEDEN,    
• Authors:
  • ANDREASSON, R
  • BAECKSTROEM, C-G
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 98 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anthropometry; Development; Dummies; History; Injuries; Manual safety belts; Prevention; Research projects; Seat belts; Standards
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• ITRD Terms: 1618: Anthropometric dummy; 9013: Development; 9096: History; 2163: Injury; 9149: Prevention; 8557: Research project; 1476: Safety belt; 187: Specification (standard); 8109: Sweden
• Subject Areas: History; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00822193
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• ISBN: 91-630-9389-8
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jan 7 2002 12:00AM