SAFETY STANDARD BENEFIT ESTIMATES FOR LIGHT TRUCKS, VANS, AND MPVS

This document reports the results of a study in which accident data were analyzed to estimate the effects of extending FMVSS 214, FMVSS 216, FMVSS 208, FMVSS 212, and FMVSS 219 to light trucks, vans, and multi-purpose vehicles. Study objectives were to (1) estimate the magnitude of light truck, van, and MPV crash injuries in relation to those resulting from passenger car crashes; and, (2) to estimate the potential savings in the form of injury reduction that could be attributed to the extension of these standards to light trucks, vans, and MPVs. Data from the National Crash Severity Study, the National Personal Transportation Survey, the Truck Inventory and Use Survey, and an exposure dataset collected by IRPS were analyzed. FMVSS 208 showed substantial potential benefit. The benefits of extending FMVSS 212, 214, and 216 were slight, with injury prevention potential lying in the 0.2% to 0.4% range. No potential benefit to the extension of FMVSS 219 was found.

• Corporate Authors:

  Indiana University, Bloomington

  Institute for Research in Public Safety
  Bloomington, IN  United States  47401

  Motor Vehicles Manufacturers Association

  320 New Center Building
  Detroit, MI  United States  48202
• Authors:
  • HUME, R D
  • Squires, M L
  • Romberg, R A
  • Uppaluri, S V
• Publication Date: 1981-11-11

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Tables;
• Pagination: 142 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashes; Data analysis; Doors; Injuries; Light trucks; Mathematical analysis; Motor vehicle bodies; Reduction (Chemistry); Restraint systems; Roofs; Safety; Standards; Vans; Vehicles; Windshields
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile bodies; Multiple purpose vehicles; Occupant restraint; Reduction
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00362384
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: 19-175-40/7200 Final Rpt., HS-032 798
• Contract Numbers: IRPS 8106-C1198
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 30 1982 12:00AM