PILOT STUDY OF HOUSE-TRAILER AND TRUCK CAMPER SAFETY-PHASE 1-FINAL REPORT

THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO DETERMINE THE NATURE OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVING HOUSETRAILERS AND TRUCK CAMPERS, TO ESTABLISH THE PREVAILING CAUSES OF THESE ACCIDENTS, AND TO DEFINE THE PROBLEM AREAS WHICH LATER CAN BE INVESTIGATED MORE THOROUGHLY. DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS RESEARCH PROGRAM, EFFORTS WERE CONCENTRATED ON: SURVEY OF LITERATURE RELATED TO STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE OF TRUCK CAMPERS AND HOUSETRAILERS, AND COLLECTION AND PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF DATA ON ACCIDENTS INVOLVING THESE VEHICLES. THE LITERATURE SURVEY CONSISTS OF A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF REFERENCES, ABSTRACTS OF PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO ARTICULATED VEHICLES, AND A REVIEW OF RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF MECHANICS OF VEHICLES IN GENERAL, AND IN THE FIELD OF DYNAMICS OF ARTICULATED VEHICLES IN PARTICULAR. THE PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE REPORTS INDICATES CLEARLY THAT THE PROBLEM OF DRIVER CONTROL OF THESE TYPES OF VEHICLES (PARTICULARLY HOUSETRAILERS) IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN THAT OF PASSENGER VEHICLES. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • No Ucla-eng-7084, 128 PP, 373 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Los Angeles

  Los Angeles, CA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Wojcik, C W
  • Mellinger, R L
• Publication Date: 1970-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated vehicle control; Camper trucks; Crash causes; Crash investigation; Crashes; Mobile homes; Reviews; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicle performance; Vehicle safety; Vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Truck campers; Vehicular safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223677
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 8 1972 12:00AM