This report contains the test procedures, test setup and test results from the third of four broadside crash tests between a 1995 Honda Accord LX four-door sedan and the Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory (FOIL) 300K instrumented rigid pole. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) enlisted the FHWA to aid in the development of laboratory test procedures to be used in a revised or amended version of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 201 (Occupant Protection in Interior Impact). The test procedures and test setup were similar to procedures followed for the first two tests (FOIL test numbers 97S003 and 97S004). However, the need arose to alter the test procedures in order to demonstrate that high head injury criteria (HIC) values can result from a broadside collision with a narrow fixed-object thus necessitating the need to develop a compliance test procedure for dynamic head protection systems. The method for increasing the likelihood of a high HIC was to alter the seating procedure such that the SIDH3's head would not make contact with the vehicle's B-pillar.
Honda Accord LX Broadside Collision with a Narrow Fixed-Object: FOIL Test Number 97S005
1998
78 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Transportation Safety , Road Transportation , Transportation , Pole impact tests , Occupant protection , Test management , Impact tests , Injury research , Crash tests , Accident research , Collision research , Side impact tests , Impact sleds , Tests , Head injuries , Chest injuries , Test reproducibility , Test methods , Crash dummies , Impact protection , Fixed objects , 1995 Honda Accord LX four-door sedan , FMVSS 201 , FOIL rigid pole tests