Citation

Kodsi S, Selesnic S, Attalla S, Chakravarty A. Accid. Reconstr. J. 2017; 27(5): pp 23-28.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Accident Reconstruction Journal)

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Abstract

The severity of a traffic crash can be assessed by measuring crush damage and using crash test data. Crush analysis involves the calculation of the vehicle's A and B crush stiffness coefficients, which represent the damage threshold that can be sustained without producing any permanent crush. In this study, the authors classify vehicles produced from 1973 to 2014 by type, origin and weight class, then calculate the average A and B crush stiffness coefficients for each classification. They identify trends by also calculating the average A and B crush stiffness coefficients and standard deviations for several year spans between 1973 and 2014. The authors suggest that understanding how vehicle type, origin and weight influences A and B crush stiffness coefficients can be useful for crash reconstructionists conducting crush analysis.

Language: en

Keywords

Crash characteristics; Crash severity; Traffic crashes; Trend (Statistics); Crash reconstruction; Frontal crashes; Stiffness; Crash tests; Coefficients; Vehicle crush