Side Guards for Trucks and Trailers Phase 1: Background Investigation

This report looks at the state of the practice for truck and trailer side guards in North America, the EU, Australia, and Japan. It examines types of devices used, vehicles used on, design, strength, effectiveness, installation, fuel consumption, environmental impacts, and collision statistics. In addition, it considers how requiring side guards as a safety feature on heavy vehicles would affect Canadian road users.

• Record URL:
  http://www.safetrucks.ca/resources/National_Research_Council_Truck_Side_Guard_Study_2010-03-01.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Transport Canada

  Road Safety and Motor Vehicle Directorate
  275 Slater Street
  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada  K1P 5H9

  Centre for Surface Transportation Technology

  2320 Lester Road
  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada  K1V 1S2
• Authors:
  • Patten, J D
  • Tabra, C V
• Publication Date: 2010-3-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Technical Report
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 75p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash data; Environmental impacts; Fuel consumption; Side crashes; State of the practice; Trucking safety; Trucks; Underride override crashes; Vehicle design; Vehicle sides
• Geographic Terms: Australia; Canada; European Union countries; Japan; United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01569011
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: CSTT-HVC-TR-158, 54-A3861
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 2015 9:30AM