DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF ANTICIPATORY CRASH SENSORS FOR AUTOMOBILES

ULTIMATE VIABILITY OF ANTICIPATORY SENSING SYSTEMS WILL DEPEND UPON THE USE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF IMPROVED VEHICLE STRUCTURES AND PASSIVE RESTRAINT SYSTEMS. THIS REPORT DELINEATES THE PREFERRED MEANS, POTENTIAL EFFECTIVENESS, AND ESTIMATED COSTS OF CARRYING OUT ANTICIPATORY SENSING OF AUTOMOBILE COLLISIONS. ACTUATION OF PASSIVE RESTRAINT SYSTEMS REQUIRES ONLY A SMALL ADVANCE WARNING TO EXTEND THE PROTECTION OF SUCH SAFETY DEVICES TO IMPACT SPEEDS OF 30 TO 60 MPH, A RANGE ENCOMPASSING A LARGE NUMBER OF FATAL AND SEVERE-INJURY ACCIDENTS. THIS EXAMINATION OF MEANS OF ACHIEVING THIS FUNCTION INDICATES THAT RADAR IS THE MOST PROMISING CRASH SENSING TECHNIQUE. DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND EXTENSIVE TEST OF PROTOTYPE SYSTEMS, ACCOMPANIED BY SPECIFIC STUDIES OF COMPONENT COST AND RELIABILITY, SHOW THAT AN OEM PRICE OF 20 DOLLARS PER UNIT (IN VOLUME OF 1,000,000 PER YEAR) SHOULD BE ATTAINABLE FOR SYSTEMS EXHIBITING EXTREMELY HIGH ELECTRONIC RELIABILITY. POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF FULL IMPLEMENTATION ARE ESTIMATED TO EXCEED PREVENTION OF 5000 DEATHS AND 200,000 INJURIES ANNUALLY. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • DOT-TSC-NHTSA-73-6
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation System Center

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• Authors:
  • Holmstrom, F Ross
  • Hazel, M
  • Abbott, R
• Publication Date: 1974-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 304 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefits; Costs; Crash injury research; Crash severity; Crashes; Electronic equipment; Evaluation; Passive restraint systems; Prevention; Prototypes; Radar; Reliability; Research; Safety; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Electronic devices; Radar applications
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Finance; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222418
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1974 12:00AM