EFFECTS OF RECENT VEHICLE DESIGN CHANGES ON SAFETY PERFORMANCE. VOLUME II

Design changes in 1974-1977 model year passenger cars have been identified and a preliminary evaluation has been made of the safety effects of design changes inspired by fuel economy requirements. The following appendices are enclosed: Ranking of changes in curb weight 1974 to 1977 model year passenger cars; Unranked tabulation of scaled fractional changes in all parameters 1974 to 1977 model year passenger cars; Ranked differences of subject models from models of similar roominess; Models most similar to given models based on average scaled fractional difference over nine design parameters; Make and model coding tables FARS and VW engineering model data base; Excerpts from April 1978 progress report; Output from run 1 and 1 of the Kraesp model; and Comparison of alternative input data to the Kraesp model.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • For Summary report, see HS-805 377; Vol 1 is HS-805 378.
• Corporate Authors:

  Kinetic Research

  55 Depot Road
  Goleta, CA  United States  93117

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Redmond, D
  • Schmitz, B
  • Friedman, K
• Publication Date: 1979-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 288 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Automotive engineering; Databases; Design; Evaluation; Fuel consumption; Passenger vehicles; Safety; Specifications; Vehicle design; Vehicle performance; Vehicle safety; Viscous flow
• Uncontrolled Terms: Requirement
• Old TRIS Terms: Vehicular safety
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00318465
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: KR-TR-032-VOL-2 Final Rpt., HS-805 379
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-7-01759
• Files: HSL, NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 8 1982 12:00AM