| Title | Motor vehicle attributes : status report |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 33378 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Esterberg, M. A.; Leavitt, James A.; Madnick, B.; Walter, Robert; Bair, R. |
| Source | 150p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) |
| Publisher | United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| Publication Date | 19850300 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | The Transportation Systems Center (TSC) was requested by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Office of Vehicle Research to compile and computerize a data base of vehicle safety attributes for automobiles and trucks. The data base was developed as a source of vehicle specifications and dimensions for research in the areas of Crash Avoidance and Crashworthiness. As a result of this effort, a series of data bases has been developed by TSC. The data bases include information from manufacturers and other sources on automobiles and trucks and their respective dimensions and specifications. TSC also developed a data base of automobile interior and exterior dimensions collected through a program of direct measurement of automobiles. Other data bases were obtained from within the automotive industry and NHTSA during the course of this study. TSC transferred these data bases along with the above mentioned TSC data bases onto the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) computer system in Statistical Analysis Systems (SAS) data sets for NHTSA/TSC research use. The information within the data base will aid NHTSA and TSC researchers in relating vehicle characteristics to injuries and fatalities by providing data input for computer modeling and the formulation of accident-avoidance concepts. The vehicle safety attributes data base will be up-dated on a continuing basis to reflect changing trends in the vehicle population. |
| Rosap ID | dot:5839 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/5839 |
| TRT Terms | Databases; Specifications; Crashworthiness; Fatalities; Injuries; Computer models; Vehicle characteristics; Vehicle safety |
| Classification | NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Human Factors |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| TRIS Online Accession No |
1173210 |
| Availability | Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/33000/33300/33378/33378.pdf |
| Alternative URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/33000/33300/33358/33358.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |