Side Impact Crash Testing: Thirty MPH Side Impact of a Honda Civic and an ESV Luminaire Support.

摘要

The report contains the results of a side impact crash test involving a 1984 Honda Civic and an energy dissipating Enquist-Svensen-Vanke (ESV) luminaire support. The test was performed at the Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory (FOIL) located in McLean, Virginia. The automobile impacted the ESV pole at 29.9 mph (48.1 km/h) on the driver's side door. The impact location was aligned with the side impact dummy's shoulder with the seat in the midtrack position. The purpose of this test was to investigate the effect of this door structure on the impact response of the dummy, vehicle, and pole for a 30 mph (48.3 km/h) impact. Unfortunately, the ESV pole in this test was defective, and fracture occurred at its base. Because of the fracture failure, it is inappropriate to directly compare the results of this test to those of Tests 1 and 2. It is of interest to note, however, that the head of the dummy was only subjected to a glancing blow from the pole and both the Head Injury Criteria (HIC) and the Thoracic Trauma Index (TTI) values for this test were within allowable limits.