Technologies to improve impact related fire safety

Digges, Kennerly H.

Affiliations

¹Motor Vehicle Fire Research Institute (MVFRI), United States

Abstract

The research reported in this paper is a follow-on to a five year research program conducted by General Motors in accordance with an administrative Settlement Agreement reached with the US Department of Transportation. In a subsequent Judicial Settlement, GM agreed fund more than $4.1 million in fire-related research over the period 2001- 2004. The purpose of this paper is to provide a public update report on the projects that have been funded under this latter research program, along with results to date. This paper is the sixth in a series of technical papers intended to disseminate the results of the ongoing research.

The projects and research results reported in this paper include statistical analyses of vehicle fires based on FARS and NASS and summaries of technologies to reduce crash induced fires

Links

URL: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/esv/esv20/07-0480-W.pdf

Cited Works (3)

Year	Entry
1998	Abu-Isa IA, Cummings DR, LaDue DE, Tewarson A. Thermal properties and flamability behavior of automotive polymers. In: Proceedings of the 16th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). May 31–June 4, 1998; Windsor, Ontario, Canada.911-919.
2003	Digges KH, Stephenson RR, Bedewi PG. Fire safety performance of motor vehicles in crashes. In: Proceedings of the 18th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). May 19-22, 2003; Nagoya, Japan.
2005	Digges KH, Stephenson RR. A research program to study impact related fire safety. In: Proceedings of the 19th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 6-9, 2005; Washington, DC.