Inaccuracies in the CRASH 3 program.

Author(s)
Woolley, R.L. Warner, C.Y & Tagg, M.D.
Year
Abstract

The CRASH 3 computer program, a -well known and useful tool in accident reconstruction, is shown to be inaccurate by comparison with car-to-car crash test data. Claims for accuracy of about 10 percent cannot be validated. Both the impact model and the damage only model yield results which are in error. Cases involving error well in excess of 20 percent are demonstrated.

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B 24934 (In: B 24915) /80/91/ IRRD 286748
Source

In: Field accidents: Data collection, analysis, methodologies, and crash injury reconstructions.SAE-P-159. International Congress & Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 25-March 1, 1985; p. 265-283, 8 graph., 11 tab., 26 ref. SAE 850255.

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