Development of an Australian design rule for offset frontal crash protection /

ADR 69 for full frontal impact protection is already in place in Australia and will test the vehicle's restraint system in a high deceleration crash situation. This ADR will continue in parallel with an ADR on offset frontal crash protection. The offset test will test the vehicle's structu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Seyer, K. A. (Keith A.)
Corporate Author:	Australia. Federal Office of Road Safety
Other Authors:	Terrell, M. B.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Canberra : Federal Office of Road Safety, 1998.
Series:	OR, 21
Subjects:	Automobiles > Australia > Crashworthiness. Traffic accidents > Australia. Automobiles > Australia > Safety measures. Crash injuries > Prevention. Automobiles > Design and construction > Standards > Australia.

Table of Contents:

Introduction - Offset crash test program
Why an offset deformable barrier face
EEVC base research
Australian Base Research (Phase 1 Tests)
Effect of drivetrain symmetry (phase 2 tests)
Does using a different model car affect the outcome (phase 3 tests)
Tests with a modified deformable barrier (phase 4 tests)
Future developments - Summary - 1. Introduction - 2. Phase 1 - Developing the offset frontal crash test procedure
2. 1. Introduction
2.2. Test procedure
2.3. Test vehicles
2.3.1. Tests into deformable barrier
2.3.2. Car to car test
2.4. Test dummies
2.4.1. Dummy instrumentation
2.4.2. Deformable barrier tests
2.4.3. Car to car test
2.5. Injury assessment
2.6. Deformable barrier face
2.7. Photography
2.8. Phase 1 test results
2.8.1. Summary of deformable barrier tests
2.8.2. Comparison of results of deformable barrier and car to car tests
2.8.3. Summary of phase 1 tests
2.9. Supplementary phase 1 test
2.9. 1. Phase 1 supplementary test results
2.10. Discussion of phase 1 tests
2.10.1. Vehicle crash response
2.10.2. Dummy response
2.11. Outcome of phase 1 tests - 3. Phase 2 - Examining the effect of drivetrain symmetry
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Test procedure
3.3. Test vehicles
3.3.1. Vehicle preparation
3.3.2. Vehicle instrumentation
3.4. Test dummies
3.4. 1. Deformable barrier test
3.4.2. Car to car test
3.5. Deformable barrier face
3.6. Photography
3.7. Phase 2 results
3.7.1. Car to car test
3.7.2. Deformable barrier test
3.8. Discussion of phase 2 results
3.8.1. Car to car test
3.8.2. Deformable barrier test
3.8.3. Summary - 4. Phase 3 - Car to car and deformable barrier tests using Ford Laser Liata
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Test procedure
4.3. Test vehicles
4.4. Test vehicle instrumentation
4.5. Test dummies
4.5. 1. Deformable barrier test
4.5.2. Car to car test
4.6. Photography
4.7. Phase 3 test results
4.8. Discussion of phase 3 results - 5. Phase 4 - Tests using modified deformable barriers
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Test procedure
5.3. Test vehicles
5.4. Test dummies
5.5. Deformable barrier face
5.6. Photography
5.7. Phase 4 test results
5.7.1. First test (B5021)
5.7.2. Second test (B5028)
5.8. Discussion of phase 4 results
6. Benefits of an offset frontal crash standard
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Proposed European offset standard
6.3. Injuries in offset crashes
6.4. Estimating injury reductions
6.5. The harm reduction method
6.6. Benefits of an offset standard
6.6.1. Annual harm benefits
6.6.2. Unit harm benefits
6.7. Conclusion -
7. Conclusions
Appendix 1. Crash facility description
Appendix 2. Vehicle data sheets
Appendix 3. Dummy positioning data
Appendix 4. Vehicle deformation measurements
Appendix 5. Dummy injury values
Appendix 6. Vehicle crash pulses
Appendix 7. Australian design rule 73
Appendix 8. Pre and post test photos of test vehicles.

Development of an Australian design rule for offset frontal crash protection /

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