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Development of Improved Injury Criteria for the Assessment of Advanced Automotive Restraint Systems - II.

PB2002104560

Publication Date	1999
Personal Author	Eppinger, R.; Sun, E.; Bandak, F.; Haffner, M.; Khaewpong, N.; Maltese, M.; Kuppa, S.; Nguyen, T.; Takhounts, E.; Tannous, R.; Zhang, A.; Saul, R.
Page Count	180
Abstract	The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) plans for upgrading the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208 frontal crash protection safety standard include improving protection requirements for the normally seated mid-sized adult male, as well as including additional requirements that will specify performance limits to minimize the risks from airbags to small-sized occupants and children in both normal and out-of-position seating locations. These new crash specifications will require the use of additional dummies of various sizes as well as additional performance criteria that appropriately represent injury thresholds of these additional population segments. Based on the agency's analysis of comments received in response to the publication of the NPRM and the accompanying technical reports, the agency has made modifications to the recommended injury criteria and their associated performance limits. A detailed discussion of the comments received and the agency's analysis may be found in Appendix A. This report, which is a supplement to the previous report, 'Development of Improved Injury Criteria for the Assessment of Advanced Automotive Restraint Systems', (Kleinberger, et. al, NHTSA Docket 98-4405-9) documents these modifications and the rationale.
Keywords	Front end collisions Restraint systems Air bag restraint systems Injury research Performance evaluation Statistical analysis Safety engineering Occupant protection Highway safety Dummies Head injuries Neck injuries Thoroacic injuries Chest injuries Criteria CD-ROM Injury criteria Lower extremity injuries
Source Agency	Highway Traffic Safety
Corporate Authors	National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, DC.; Conrad Technologies, Inc., King of Prussia, PA.
Supplemental Notes	This document is color dependent and/or in landscape layout. It is currently only available on CD-ROM. Prepared in cooperation with Conrad Technologies, Inc., King of Prussia, PA.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200212

Development of Improved Injury Criteria for the Assessment of Advanced Automotive Restraint Systems - II.

Development of Improved Injury Criteria for the Assessment of Advanced Automotive Restraint Systems - II.
PB2002104560

Publication Date	1999
Personal Author	Eppinger, R.; Sun, E.; Bandak, F.; Haffner, M.; Khaewpong, N.; Maltese, M.; Kuppa, S.; Nguyen, T.; Takhounts, E.; Tannous, R.; Zhang, A.; Saul, R.
Page Count	180
Abstract	The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) plans for upgrading the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208 frontal crash protection safety standard include improving protection requirements for the normally seated mid-sized adult male, as well as including additional requirements that will specify performance limits to minimize the risks from airbags to small-sized occupants and children in both normal and out-of-position seating locations. These new crash specifications will require the use of additional dummies of various sizes as well as additional performance criteria that appropriately represent injury thresholds of these additional population segments. Based on the agency's analysis of comments received in response to the publication of the NPRM and the accompanying technical reports, the agency has made modifications to the recommended injury criteria and their associated performance limits. A detailed discussion of the comments received and the agency's analysis may be found in Appendix A. This report, which is a supplement to the previous report, 'Development of Improved Injury Criteria for the Assessment of Advanced Automotive Restraint Systems', (Kleinberger, et. al, NHTSA Docket 98-4405-9) documents these modifications and the rationale.
Keywords	Front end collisions Restraint systems Air bag restraint systems Injury research Performance evaluation Statistical analysis Safety engineering Occupant protection Highway safety Dummies Head injuries Neck injuries Thoroacic injuries Chest injuries Criteria CD-ROM Injury criteria Lower extremity injuries
Source Agency	Highway Traffic Safety
Corporate Authors	National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, DC.; Conrad Technologies, Inc., King of Prussia, PA.
Supplemental Notes	This document is color dependent and/or in landscape layout. It is currently only available on CD-ROM. Prepared in cooperation with Conrad Technologies, Inc., King of Prussia, PA.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200212