A series of car-to-fixed pole crash tests was performed. The test vehicles were 2-door Volkswagen Rabbits. Three crashes were performed to select a test condition which represented a serious-to-fatal chest injury producing highway accident. The fourth crash utilized a structurally modified Rabbit with 3 inches of side interior padding. The report documents the selection of the crash conditions and the acceleration results as measured on the vehicles and on the 2 dummy surrogates used for each test.


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    Title :

    Side Impact Fixed-Pole Crash Testing of the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) Modified Vehicle


    Contributors:
    D. T. Willke (author) / M. W. Monk (author)

    Publication date :

    1985


    Size :

    31 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English