Offset test procedure development and comparison

Ragland, Carl L.

Affiliations

¹National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, United States

Abstract

Considerable worldwide attention has been directed to offset test development because past testing practices did not adequately address the structural integrity of passenger compartments for partial engagement car-tocar crashes or collisions into fixed narrow objects. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Research and Development has been conducting offset carto- car and moving deformable barrier testing since the early 1980’s in order to develop a offset test procedure that characterizes the crash environment in which serious injuries are projected to occur in an all airbag fleet. This paper will compare theoretical and actual results from carto- car tests, the European test as used by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, and the NHTSA R&D test procedure using the moving deformable barrier.

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Cited By (5)

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1998	Stucki SL, Hollowell WT, Fessahaie O. Determination of frontal offset test conditions based on crash data. In: Proceedings of the 16th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). May 31–June 4, 1998; Windsor, Ontario, Canada.164-184.
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2003	Ragland CL. Evaluation of crash types associated with test protocols. In: Proceedings of the 18th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). May 19-22, 2003; Nagoya, Japan.
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