SPEED ESTIMATION IN HEAD-ON VEHICLE/POLE IMPACTS - UPDATE: OCTOBER, 1995

Head-on collisions of autos into narrow fixed objects such as trees and utility poles are a common occurrence that the accident reconstructionist has to deal with. Unfortunately, little pole impact data has been available to the reconstructionist and most of the available pole impact crush/energy/speed equations have been based on limited data. Accuracy of speed estimations suffered as a result. The results of several NHTSA tests have become available herein. Some appears on pages 22-27 of this issue and more appears in the Sept./Oct. 1993 issue and May/June 1995. Other pole impact test results appeared in SAE paper 920605 by Nystrom and Kost. This data was evaluated collectively to analyze the responses of different makes/models to narrow fixed object impacts, and to evaluate the accuracy of different crush/energy/speed equations.

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• Authors:
  • Craig, V
• Publication Date: 1995-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 28-32
• Serial:
  • Accident Reconstruction Journal
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists
  • ISSN: 1057-8153
  • Serial URL: https://www.napars.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash tests; Frontal crashes; Single vehicle crashes; Studies; Traffic speed; Trees
• Identifier Terms: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fixed objects
• Old TRIS Terms: Nhtsa; Speed studies
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00715462
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 8 1996 12:00AM