| Title | Safety of High Speed and Guided Ground Transportation Systems: Collision Avoidance and Accident Survivability: Volume 3: Accident Survivability |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 22382 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Galganski, Robert A. |
| Corporate Creator | Arthur D. Little, Inc.; Calspan Corporation |
| Corporate Contributor |
John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.); United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Research and Development |
| Publisher | United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration |
| Publication Date | 19930300 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | This report is the third of four volumes concerned with developing safety guidelines and specifications for high-speed guided ground transportation (HSGGT) collision avoidance and accident survivability. The overall approach taken in this study is to first formulate collision scenarios to which an HSGGT system may be exposed. Then existing U.S. and foreign rules, regulations, standards, and practices concerned with either preventing the occurrence of a collision, or mitigating the consequences of a collision are reviewed, together with pertinent practices from other forms of transportation, leading to the formulation of guidelines and specifications for collision avoidance and accident survivability. The volume provides a detailed discussion of survivability of HSGGT vehicles and trains. An opening chapter describes the basic mechanics of collision between vehicles, including the two primary causes of vehicle occupant casualties, loss of occupant space through crushing and penetration, and impacts between occupants and vehicle interiors. Further chapters describe measures of human tolerance of impacts and injury criteria, methods of assessing transportation vehicle collision performance and crashworthiness regulations and practices applicable to transportation vehicles of all types. The volume concludes with recommendations and guidelines for crashworthiness design and evaluation of HSGGT vehicles and trains to be operated in the United States. (148 p.) |
| Rosap ID | dot:8503 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8503 |
| TRT Terms | High speed ground transportation; High speed rail; Regulations; Crash avoidance systems; Survival; Vehicle occupants; Injuries; Human factors; Crashworthiness; Railroad transportation |
| General Subjects | Accident survivability; Collision avoidance; High-speed guided ground transportation (HSGGT) |
| Classification | NTL - RAIL TRANSPORTATION - RAIL TRANSPORTATION; NTL - RAIL TRANSPORTATION - High Speed Ground Transportation; NTL - RAIL TRANSPORTATION - Rail Safety; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Accidents |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| TRIS Online Accession No |
630279 |
| Report Number | DOT-VNTSC-FRA-93-2.3; DOT/FRA/ORD-93/02.3, Final Report |
| Availability | Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center |
| Resource type | Research Paper |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/22000/22300/22382/ord9302_3.pdf |
| Alternative URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/22000/22300/22382/33534.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |