Title: SIDE IMPACT CRASH TESTING: THIRTY MPH SIDE IMPACT OF A HONDA CIVIC SI AND A BREAKAWAY CABLE TERMINAL (BCT)
Abstract: This report contains the results of a side impact crash test involving a 1985 Honda Civic Si and a breakaway cable guardrail terminal (BCT). The test was performed at the Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory located in McLean, Virginia. The automobile impacted the BCT at 31.0 mph (50 km/h) at the middle of the driver's side door. The test data indicate that the hypothetical driver of this vehicle would be subjected to acceptably low values of impact velocity with the vehicle interior, ridedown accelerations, and head accelerations. The extensive intrusion into the passenger compartment, however, would place the occupant of this vehicle at grave risk of a very severe injury.
Publication Year: 1992
Publication Date: 1992-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
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