The report contains the test procedures, test setup and test results from the last of three broadside crash tests conducted at the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory (FOIL), located at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) in McLean, Virginia. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) enlisted FHWA to aid in the development of laboratory test procedures to be used in a amended version of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 201. Four previous crash tests with a Honda Accord LX and the FOIL 300K instrumented rigid pole (test numbers 97S003, 97S004, 97S005, and 97S006) produced a test methodology for conducting broadside vehicle crash tests of dynamic side-impact head protection systems (e.g. air bags). Once the test procedures were established, these three additional broadside crash tests were conducted to demonstrate the practicality and feasibility of the new test procedures. This test also included investigating child occupant kinematics. A 6-year-old child dummy was placed in the rear seat of the struck side of the vehicle.
Honda Accord LX (1995) Broadside Collision with a Narrow Fixed Object: FOIL Test Number 98S007
1998
104 pages
Report
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English
Transportation Safety , Road Transportation , Side impact tests , Test methods , Pole impact tests , Impact tests , Occupant protection , Head protection , Injury research , Vehicle fixed object collisions , Accident research , Occupant kinematics , Crushing , Vehicle safety , 1995 Honda Accord LX four-door sedan , FOIL rigid pole tests