NTL Record

Title Ford Festiva center impacts with a narrow fixed object (rigid pole) : resource materials
Record ID 30676
Personal Name
Creator
Brown, Christopher M.
Source v, 47 p. : ill.
Corporate Creator MiTech Incorporated
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety and Traffic Operations Research and Development
Publisher United States. Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date 19950800
Language English
Abstract This document contains the results from five crash tests conducted at the Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory (FOIL) located at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center in McLean, Virginia. The crash tests involved five Ford Festiva two-door sedans,which have been chosen as the 820C class vehicle, impacting an instrumented rigid pole. One test was performed in the summer of 1991, two tests in the fall of 1992, and two tests in the spring of 1994. The tests were performed to obtain a representative data set of Ford Festiva crush characteristics. The final results are presented as average data plots of the Ford Festivas crush characteristics. The average curves will represent the Ford Festiva's crush characteristics to be replicated by a surrogate test vehicle and modeled using computer simulation.
Rosap ID dot:741
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/741
TRT Terms Crash tests
Classification NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Highway Safety
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Contract Number DTFH61-94-C-00008
Report Number FHWA-RD-95-040
Availability Federal Highway Administration
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/30000/30600/30676/FHWA-RD-95-040.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository