In order to test the crash performance of roadside obstacles without using real cars a 1000 kg impact sled with a collapsible front and was development. The test method has been used on light poles, road signs and catch-fence systems. The performance of the systems is evaluated by using a risk factor based on the accelerations on the sled.
In: Proceedings of the 3rd Conference of the International Research Committee on Biokinetics of Impacts (IRCOBI) on the Simulation and Reconstruction of Impacts in Collisions, Lyon, September 12-13, 1978, p. 98-109, 12 fig., 6 graph., 4 ref.
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