A modified steering wheel to reduce facial injuries and an associated test procedure.

Author(s)
Petty, S.P.F. & Fenn, M.A.
Year
Abstract

Frontal and oblique- frontal impacts are responsible for about two- thirds of car occupants injuries. In those impacts, the steering assembly has been identified as one of the components most frequently hit by the driver. A steering wheel test, based on the standard interior impact test, has been developed and evaluated on seven production car wheels and on a newly designed safer steering wheel. All the production wheels failed the test, but the safety steering wheel passed the suggested test level.

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Library number
B 27316 (In: B 27275 [electronic version only]) /84 /91 / IRRD 801582
Source

In: 10th International Technical Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles, Oxford, England, July 1-4, 1985, p. 342-347, 6 ref.

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