DYNAMICS OF MOTOR CYCLE IMPACT. VOLUME II. MOTORCYCLE CRASH TEST PROGRAM

A SERIES OF 27 MOTORCYCLE CRASH TESTS USING 50% ANTHROPOMETRIC DUMMY RIDERS HAS BEEN PERFORMED. THE DUMMY RIDER WAS INSTRUMENTED WITH ACCELEROMETERS AND A THREE-AXIS RATE GYRO. FIVE HIGH-SPEED MOVIE CAMERAS WERE USED TO RECORD THE CRASH EVENT. THE REPORT PRESENTS THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THIS SERIES OF TESTS INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS ASPECTS OF CURRENT MOTORCYCLE DESIGN AND ACCIDENT CONFIGURATIONS, DATA ON THE MECHANISMS OF HEAD INJURY IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS, PARTICULAR HAZARDS PRESENTED TO THE MOTORCYCLIST BY AUTOMOBILE DESIGN, AND GUIDELINES FOR SAFETY PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR MOTORCYCLES AND THEIR COMPONENTS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract FH-11-7307 Rept No DRI-2574-2
• Corporate Authors:

  Denver University

  Denver Research Institute
  Denver, CO  United States  80210
• Authors:
  • Bothwell, P W
  • Knight, R E
  • Peterson, H C
• Publication Date: 1971-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 224 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash tests; Crashes; Hazards; Injuries; Motorcycles; Safety; Testing
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222044
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1973 12:00AM