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Title:

IMPROVING THE COMPATIBILITY OF VEHICLES AND ROADSIDE SAFETY HARDWARE
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Accession Number:

00972143

Record Type:

Monograph

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780309430791

Abstract:

The objectives of this study were to 1) identify current and future vehicle characteristics that are potentially incompatible with existing roadside safety hardware, 2) assess opportunities for and barriers to improved compatibility, and 3) increase the vehicle and hardware manufacturer's awareness of compatibility problems. This report presents the study results in five chapters. Chapter 1 provides an introduction. In Chapter 2, real world crash data and case studies from the National Automotive Sampling System/Crashworthiness Data System and Fatality Analysis Reporting System databases are examined. In Chapter 3, vehicle characteristics and registrations are presented to identify changes in the vehicle fleet over the past ten years. Strategies to improve vehicle to roadside hardware compatibility are included in Chapter 4. Chapter 5 contains conclusions and suggestions for future research.

Report/Paper Numbers:

NCHRP Project 22-15,
Contractor Final Report

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

National Cooperative Highway Research Program

Transportation Research Board
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

ESKANDARIAN, A
BAHOUTH, G
DIGGES, K
Godrick, D
Bronstad, M

Pagination:

263 p.

Publication Date:

2004

Serial:

NCHRP Web-Only Document

Issue Number: 61
Publisher: Transportation Research Board

ISBN:

9780309430791

Features:

Appendices (4) ; Figures; Photos; References (46) ; Tables

Subject Areas:

Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I80: Accident Studies; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure; I90: Vehicles

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Apr 2 2004 12:00AM