HUMAN SUBJECT RESPONSE TO REPEATED LOW SPEED IMPACTS USING UTILITY VEHICLES

Adult volunteers occupied vans and pickup trucks in a series of repeated low speed aligned front and rear collisions. Occupant response was examined and compared to the physician test volunteer's subjective evaluation of the level of induced disturbance. The data base correlating collision severity with damage has been expanded to include vehicles equipped with rigidly mounted bumper assemblies. A procedure is proposed to predict the severity of collisions (a parameter critical in evaluating injury potential) using data from repeated low speed impacts. No injuries were reported by the test volunteers indicating the test conditions were at a level where the potential for injury is remote. (A) For the covering abstract see IRRD 893297.

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  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

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• Authors:
  • Nielsen, G P
  • GOUGH, J P
  • Little, D M
  • WEST, D H
  • Baker, V T
• Publication Date: 1997-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 189-212
• Serial:
  • SAE TECHNICAL PAPER 970394. OCCUPANT PROTECTION AND INJURY ASSESSMENT IN THE AUTOMATIC CRASH ENVIRONMENT. (SAE SP-1231)
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bumpers; Conferences; Crash tests; Delivery vehicles; Speed; Trucks; Vehicle occupants
• ITRD Terms: 1352: Bumper; 8525: Conference; 1234: Delivery vehicle; 1648: Impact test (crash); 1236: Lorry; 5408: Speed; 1715: Vehicle occupant
• Subject Areas: Motor Carriers; Passenger Transportation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00743437
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 1-56091-943-4
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 29 1997 12:00AM