TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Side-impact crash test and evaluation criteria for roadside safety hardware
JO  - Transportation research record
A1  - Ray, Malcolm
A1  - Hargrave, Martin
A1  - Carney, John, III
A1  - Hiranmayee, K.
SP  - 97
EP  - 103
VL  - 1647
IS  - 
N2  - During the past decade, reducing the severity of side-impact collisions has been an emerging area of research by a variety of organizations and research communities. The motor vehicle manufacturing and regulatory communities in the United States, Europe, and many other countries have developed dynamic side-impact test and evaluation criteria to reduce the severity of vehicle-to-vehicle side-impact collisions. Similarly, the international research community has developed test procedures for performing impacts into poles, one of the most severe types of side-impact collisions. Preliminary side-impact test and evaluation procedures have been conducted for roadside safety hardware, like guardrails, guardrail terminals, luminaire supports, utility poles, and signs. Recommendations for performing roadside hardware side-impact crash tests are summarized; the results of several side-impact roadside hardware crash tests are described; the proposed test and evaluation procedures are compared with other major side-impact test and evaluation procedures; and areas requiring further research are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0361-1981
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1647-12
ID  - ref1
ER  -