Human volunteer testing of the inflatable belt restraint

Burkes, J. M.; Cromack, J. R.; Glenn, T. H.

Affiliations

¹Automotive Research Division, Southwest Research Institute

²National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation

Abstract

Dynamic sled tests of the Allied Chemical Inflataband™ using human volunteers and anthropometric dummies were conducted at Southwest Research Institute under contract with the U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Contract No. DOT-HS-4-00933). The testing program consisted of a series of 69 dynamic tests, 30 of which were dummy tests and 39 human tests. Test work proceeded as planned to a frontal impact equivalent to a 30-mph barrier crash of a subcompact vehicle. The human volunteers experienced no significant injury with the extent of trauma consisting primarily of mild erythema to the face and neck.

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