Testing of Foreign Prototype Experimental Safety Vehicles-Program. Summary Report.

摘要

The document provides an summary of the Foreign Experimental Safety Vehicle Test and Evaluation Program. The report summarizes the testing conducted,presents summaries of the test results and includes references to NTIS documents in which the detailed test data may be found. The purpose of the program was to continue the quantitative nondestructive and crash testing of foreign prototype Experimental Safety Vehicles. The vehicles tested under this contract were the Fiat, Nissan,and Toyota ESVs. Specific tasks included:Initial Inspection and Evaluation of Design Parameters;accident avoidance tests;crash injury reduction tests;post-crash evaluations.