OCCUPANT RESPONSE AND VEHICLE ACCELERATION IN A 30 MPH FRONTAL IMPACT TEST - 1981 FORD F150 CUSTOM EXPLORER STYLESIDE-PICKUP

The Office of Passenger Vehicle Research (OPVR) Occupant Packaging Branch (OPB) has been interested for several years in obtaining certain information on various impact modes and vehicle types through staged collisions. The information collected includes occupant injury measurements as well as seat belt loads, and vehicle acceleration.

• Corporate Authors:

  Approved Engineering Test Laboratories

  1536 East Valencia Drive
  Fullerton, CA  United States  92631

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  Office of Passenger Vehicle Research, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hand, D H
• Publication Date: 1981-6-10

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 107 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Crash injury research; Crash tests; Crashes; Frontal crashes; Injuries; Manual safety belts; Measurement; Motor vehicles; Research; Vehicle occupants; Vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Response
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I95: Vehicle Inspection;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00343716
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: 971-3882-37 Final Rpt., HS-805 927
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-9-02273
• Files: HSL, NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 28 1982 12:00AM