CRASH INJURY REDUCTION AND POST-CRASH FACTORS EVALUATIONS-GM-09 ESV-FIFTY-MPH FRONTAL FLAT-BARRIER IMPACT

The report presents the test procedures and results of front and rear low-speed, no-damage bumper tests and a 50-mph frontal flat-barrier test with a General Motors Experimental Safety Vehicle. The primary objectives of the test series were to determine the occupant and structural responses of the GM ESV design when subjected to a 50-mph barrier impact. Vehicle structural response and dummy occupant responses are presented and discussed.

• Corporate Authors:

  Dynamic Science

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• Publication Date: 1973-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 128 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anthropometry; Automobiles; Bumpers; Crash injury research; Crash tests; Crashes; Crashworthiness; Design standards; Injuries; Research; Safety equipment; Structural analysis
• Uncontrolled Terms: Structural properties
• Old TRIS Terms: Nhsb
• Subject Areas: Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050769
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: 2300-73-30 Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-046-2-468
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1974 12:00AM