NHTSA’s vehicle compatibility research program update

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Summers, Stephen¹; Prasad, Aloke¹; Hollowell, William¹

NHTSA’s vehicle compatibility research program update

Proceedings of the SAE International Congress & Exposition

©1999 Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc.

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¹National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Abstract

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is conducting a research program to investigate the crash compatibility of passenger cars, light trucks and vans (LTV’s) in vehicle-to-vehicle collisions. NHTSA has conducted a series of eight full-scale vehicle-to-vehicle crash tests to evaluate vehicle compatibility issues. Tests were conducted using four bullet vehicles representing different vehicle classes striking a mid-size sedan in both side and oblique frontal crash configurations. The test results show a good correlation between vehicle aggressivity metrics and injury parameters measured in the struck car for the frontal offset tests, but not for the side impact tests.
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DOI: 10.4271/1999-01-0071

SAE: 1999-01-0071

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