This report describes the performance of door latches in accidents and in laboratory tests. It results from cooperation between the Accident Research Unit of University of Birmingham who studied the accident data, the School of Automotive Studies of the Cranfield Institute of Technology who carried out the testing and the Transport and Road Research Laboratory who contributed to the analysis. The incidence of car door openings during accidents is outlin.ed and latch types are ranked according to their observed performance in accidents. All the anti-burst latches discussed satisfy ECE Regulation 11 which is currently required. It tests latch latches as separate entities without any of the vehicle and door structures to which they are attached. The development of a procedure to test latches when mounted in vehicle structures is described. This test was performed on a range of vehicles corresponding with those studied in the accident survey. The performance rankings from these tests are compared with the accident survey ranking and good correlation is shown. The results of a set of ECE 11 tests ar shown for comparison. (DePo)


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    Title :

    An evaluation of anti-burst door latches for cars


    Additional title:

    Bewertung auffliegsicherer Tuerverriegelungen fuer Verkehrsmittel


    Contributors:
    Read, P.L. (author) / Griffiths, D.K. (author) / Gloyns, P.F. (author) / Lowne, R.W. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1979


    Size :

    57 Seiten


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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