CRASH INJURY REDUCTION AND POST-CRASH FACTORS EVALUATIONS - GM-08 AND GM-09 - SIXTY-MPH FRONT-TO-READ IMPACT

The report presents the results of a 60-mph front-to-rear crash test between two General Motors Experimental Safety Vehicles conducted for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The overall purpose of the program under which this test was conducted is to perform quantitative nondestructive and crash tests on ESVs manufactured by General Motors Corporation and Ford Motor Company. Primary objectives of the test reported herein were to determine the occupant and structural responses of the striking vehicle and to acquire limited data on the responses of the struck vehicle. A post-crash factors evaluation was also performed on the striking vehicle to evaluate fire hazard, rescue, and emergency egress.

• Corporate Authors:

  Dynamic Science

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• Publication Date: 1973-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 130 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anthropometry; Automobiles; Crash injury research; Crash tests; Crashes; Crashworthiness; Design standards; Escape systems; Evaluation; Fires; Hazards; Nondestructive tests; Postcrash phase; Research; Safety engineering; Safety equipment; Search and rescue operations; Testing; Vehicle performance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fire hazards
• Old TRIS Terms: Nhsb; Post-crash
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00051493
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: 2310-73-40 Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-046-2-468
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 1974 12:00AM