The document, the fourth of four volumes, summarizes the activities and documentation conducted under this contract. The analysis of the accident data highlighted areas where improvements could be made to improve the occupant protection of passenger rail vehicles. Design criteria were determined and some suitable design changes proposed. For the proposed areas of change, typical Federal Standards documentation were prepared.
Rail Safety/Equipment Crashworthiness. Volume IV. Executive Summary
1978
80 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation Safety , Railroad Transportation , Railroad cars , Passenger transportation , Collision research , Injuries , Safety engineering , Systems analysis , Accident investigations , Data processing , Design standards , Protection , Requirements , Components , Railroad trains , Computerized simulation , Crashworthiness , Occupant protection , Railroad accidents , Railroad derailments , Injury causes , Vehicle interiors , Prometheus program
Rail Safety/Equipment Crashworthiness
NTIS | 1978
Locomotive Crashworthiness Research. Executive Summary
NTIS | 1995
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