CAR CRASH COMPATIBILITY: THE PROSPECTS FOR INTERNATIONAL HARMONIZATION

Vehicle compatibility is an issue of growing global concern. There is widespread consensus, both in the U.S. and internationally, that any regulation or test procedure focusing on car crash compatibility should be a globally harmonized standard. However, this may prove to be a challenging effort due to huge differences in the U.S. and international fleet composition. The U.S. fleet is dominated by a growing light truck component, and has few of the sub-1000 kg cars that are prevalent in Australian and European fleets. This paper examines the U.S., European, and Australian passenger vehicle fleet structure, the relationship between fleet composition and real world crash fatalities, and the prospects for a single, globally accepted, car crash compatibility test procedure.

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• Authors:
  • GABLER, H C
  • Fildes, B N
• Conference:
  • SAE International Congress & Exposition: Vehicle Safety Structure Session
  • Location: Detroit Michigan, United States
  • Date: 1999-3-1 to 1999-3-4
• Publication Date: 1999-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 59-65
• Serial:
  • SAE Special Publications
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crashworthiness; Fatalities; International; Standardization; Test procedures; Vehicle design; Vehicle safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fleet composition
• Geographic Terms: Australia; Europe; United States
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety; I95: Vehicle Inspection;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00800280
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0768003741
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE/SP-99/1442,, SP-1442, SP-1442,
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 24 2000 12:00AM