Citation

Garrott W, Howe J, Forkenbrock G. Accid. Reconstr. J. 2001; 12(4): 21-39.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Accident Reconstruction Journal)

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Abstract

A main goal of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is to reduce the number of fatalities and injuries due to rollover crashes. To achieve this goal, the NHTSA is conducting research programs both to reduce the number of rollover crashes that occur and to mitigate the adverse consequences when rollover crashes do occur. To reduce the number of rollover crashes, the NHTSA is working to develop either an information program, which will make consumers more aware of vehicle makes/models with high rollover rates, or a Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS), which would prevent the manufacture of vehicles that have too high a rollover propensity, or both. One key step in the development of either a rollover propensity consumer information program or a rollover propensity FMVSS would be to construct a methodology for determining a vehicle's rollover propensity. This study focuses on the development of such a methodology.