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Title: SAVING LIVES THROUGH RESEARCH AND TESTING: NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Accession Number: 00738876
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Traffic fatalities account for more than 90% of all transportation-related deaths. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has been charged with reducing the number of these fatalities by conducting research to improve motor vehicle and traffic safety, diagnose specific problems, and evaluate their effects. This research has resulted in technical information and motor vehicle safety standards leading to better crash protection for motorists. Several of the agency's major research efforts and benefits are described in this article under the following headings: Frontal-Protection Research; Test-Dummy Development; Crash-Avoidance Research; Crash-Outcome Data Evaluation; Reduction of Alcohol-Related Crashes; Occupant Protection; and Crash-Occurrence Studies. An insert accompanies this article; it is entitled "NHTSA Allows Manufacturers to Use Lower-Powered Air Bags".
Supplemental Notes: This article is part of a series of articles in this special issue of TR News on Benefits of Transportation Research--Part 2: The Federal Perspective. Page range: pp 3-6, 62-63.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Hollowell, THAFFNER, MKanianthra, J NUtter, D EFell, J CPagination: 6 p.
Publication Date: 1997-5
Serial: Features: Photos
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TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I80: Accident Studies
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jul 11 1997 12:00AM
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