THE CONTINUING SAGA OF THE TOPPLING COACH TEST. ECE REGULATION FOR COACH ROLL-OVER SAFETY TEST

A safety test for coaches is being drawn up by the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE). This article comments on the slow progress made and discusses the form of test to be introduced. The original roll-over test developed by the Cranfield Institute of Technology in Britain is expensive and difficult to repeat. The ECE has therefore opted for the topple test developed in Hungary (the Hungarian firm Ikarus is the world's largest maker of buses). Other tests are being discussed and include studying the deformation of a single module of a coach body and computer aided design. A move to a roll-over-test regulation marks a significant shift in British safety philosophy which has concentrated on stability testing aimed at preventing coach roll-over. (TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • HAMER, M
• Publication Date: 1985-6-20

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 6
• Serial:
  • NEW SCIENTIST
  • Issue Number: 1461
  • Publisher: REED BUSINESS INFORMATION LTD
  • ISSN: 0262-4079

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Computer aided design; Deformation; International; Methodology; Regulations; Rollover crashes; Safety; Stability analysis; Standards; Testing; Tests; Traffic delays; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: ROLL OVER (VEH)
• Geographic Terms: Europe; United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus design; Deformation methods
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 8034: Europe; 9034: International; 9102: Method; 1637: Overturning (veh); 187: Specification (standard); 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Law; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I95: Vehicle Inspection;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00452083
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1985 12:00AM