VEHICLE ESCAPEWORTHINESS AND FLAMMABILITY AS RELATED TO HIGHWAY SAFETY

THE CONCEPT OF ESCAPE WORTHINESS AS RELATED TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY IS PRESENTED AND EXPLAINED. ACCIDENT DATA ARE PRESENTED, FOLLOWED BY A SUMMARY OF THE RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN THIS AREA. THE RESEARCH PRESENTED INCLUDES EMERGENCY EGRESS FROM AUTOMOBILES PLUNGING INTO A BODY OF WATER, AND STUDIES OF THE FLAMMABILITY OF VEHICULAR MATERIALS. IT WAS FOUND THAT A MODEL COULD BE USED TO EVALUATE THE EMERGENCY EGRESS CAPABILITY FOR A TEST GROUP OF AUTOMOBILES. SIMILAR RESULTS WERE OBTAINED FOR EMERGENCY EGRESS FROM BUSES. DATA ON VEHICLE FLOATING TIMES AND UNDERWATER ESCAPE PROBLEMS ARE ALSO PRESENTED. FINALLY, THE FLAMMABILITY OF VEHICULAR MATERIALS IS DISCUSSED IN RELATION TO EMERGENCY EGRESS. /HSRI/

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Oklahoma, Norman

  College of Engineering
  202 West Boyd Street
  Norman, OK  United States  73019-1024
• Authors:
  • Purswell, J L
  • Hoag, L L
• Publication Date: 1971-10

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 27 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Emergencies; Escape systems; Flammability; Mathematical models; Safety; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Escape worthiness
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223978
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 8 1973 12:00AM