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Frontal impact on forward control vehicles

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Canberra Australian Department of Transport, 1986; Office of Road Safety. OR 8, Description: 149 sISBN:
  • 0644050535
Subject(s): Bibl.nr: VTI P0642:08 VTI 2002.0734:3Location: Abstract: The report describes a series of nine barrier crash tests performed on behalf of the Federal Office of Road Safety to investigate frontal impacts on forward-control vehicles, or vans. Existing safety requirements for vans and current frontal impact protection standards in Australia and overseas are discussed as a background to the test programme. Two of these standards, Australian Design Rule (ADR) 1OB and United Nations' Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Regulation 33 were assessed in detail to help determine their suitability as a standard to be applied to vans. The report also considers the effect of bull-bars on occupant protection. Additional data gathered in the course of testing is presented but the relevance of these results to van safety is not discussed.
Item type: Reports, conferences, monographs
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The report describes a series of nine barrier crash tests performed on behalf of the Federal Office of Road Safety to investigate frontal impacts on forward-control vehicles, or vans. Existing safety requirements for vans and current frontal impact protection standards in Australia and overseas are discussed as a background to the test programme. Two of these standards, Australian Design Rule (ADR) 1OB and United Nations' Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Regulation 33 were assessed in detail to help determine their suitability as a standard to be applied to vans. The report also considers the effect of bull-bars on occupant protection. Additional data gathered in the course of testing is presented but the relevance of these results to van safety is not discussed.