The US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard for frontal protection requires vehicle crash tests into a rigid barrier with two belted dummies in the front seats. The standard was recently modified to require two separate 56 Kph frontal tests. In one test the dummies are 50 % males. In the other test, the dummies are 5 % females. Analysis of crash test data indicates that the 56 Kph test does not encourage technology to reduce chest injuries in lower severity crashes. Tests conducted by Transport Canada provide data from belted 5 % female dummies in the front seats of vehicles that were subjected crashes into a rigid barrier at 40 Kph. An analysis of the results showed that for many vehicles, the risks of serious chest injuries were higher in the 40 Kph test than in a 56 Kph test. This paper examines the benefits that would result from a requirement for a low severity (40 Kph) frontal barrier crash test with two belted 5 % female dummies and more stringent chest injury requirements. A preliminary benefits analysis for chest deflection allowable in the range of 28 mm to 36 mm was conducted. A standard that limits the chest deflection to 34 mm. would reduce serious chest injury by 16 % to 24 % for the belted population in frontal crashes.
Benefits of a low severity frontal crash test
Nutzen eines frontalen Crash-Testes mit geringer Stärke
2007
19 Seiten, 7 Quellen
Conference paper
English
Benefits of a Low Severity Frontal Crash Test
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