HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM PRIORITIES SEMINAR, FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, JULY 18-20, 1969. PROCEEDINGS, VOL 4: CRASH SURVIVABILITY

CRASH SURVIVABILITY MEANS PROTECTING THE OCCUPANTS OF MOTOR VEHICLES FROM THE CONSEQUENCES OF A CRASH. IT INCLUDES MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, PROTECTING OCCUPANTS FROM SECONDARY COLLISIONS WITH THE VEHICLE INTERIOR, AND REDUCING THE CRASH FORCES THROUGH THE USE OF RESTRAINT SYSTEMS AND ENERGY MANAGING STRUCTURES. THIS REPORT ASSESSES THE PAY-OFF POTENTIAL FOR A PASSIVE RESTRAINT SYSTEM AND ENERGY MANAGING STRUCTURES OVER THE NEXT DECADE, TAKES A SYSTEMS VIEW OF CRASH SURVIVABILITY, IDENTIFIES ALTERNATIVES CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HIGH PAY-OFF, AND MAKES SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MEASURES TO REDUCE FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report No 186 271, 67 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Safety Bureau /US

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• Publication Date: 1969

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Crash injury research; Energy absorption; Fatalities; Highway safety; Injuries; Passengers; Protection; Reduction (Chemistry); Survival; Vehicle occupants
• Old TRIS Terms: Reduction
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220695
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 20 1970 12:00AM