TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Speed estimation in head-on vehicle/pole impacts - update: october, 1995
JO  - Accident reconstruction journal
A1  - Craig, V.
SP  - 28
EP  - 32
VL  - 7
IS  - 5
N2  - Head-on collisions of autos into narrow fixed objects such as trees and utility poles are a common occurrence that the accident reconstructionist has to deal with. Unfortunately, little pole impact data has been available to the reconstructionist and most of the available pole impact crush/energy/speed equations have been based on limited data. Accuracy of speed estimations suffered as a result. The results of several NHTSA tests have become available herein. Some appears on pages 22-27 of this issue and more appears in the Sept./Oct. 1993 issue and May/June 1995. Other pole impact test results appeared in SAE paper 920605 by Nystrom and Kost. This data was evaluated collectively to analyze the responses of different makes/models to narrow fixed object impacts, and to evaluate the accuracy of different crush/energy/speed equations.<p /> 
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SN  - 1057-8153
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -