A SERIES OF TESTS HAS BEEN CONDUCTED IN WHICH UNMODIFIED AND MODIFIED VOLKSWAGEN RABBITS HAVE BEEN LATERALLY IMPACTED IN A SIMULATION OF A REAL WORLD LATERAL CRASH. THE MODIFIED RABBITS HAD REINFORCED SIDE STRUCTURES AND ADDITIONAL PADDING TO HELP MITIGATE IMPACT INJURY SEVERITY. UNEMBALMED CADAVERS WERE USED AS TEST SUBJECTS. EACH WAS SEATED IN THE DRIVER'S POSITION, AND IMPACT OCCURRED IN THE REGION OF THE DRIVER. THESE IMPACT TESTS ARE REPLICAS OF EARLIER TESTS CONDUCTED AT A DIFFERENT TEST FACILITY WITH TWO DIFFERENTLY DESIGNED SIDE IMPACT DUMMIES. THESE TESTS SHOWED THAT THE MODIFIED RABBIT MITIGATED INJURY SEVERITY COMPARED TO THE UNMODIFIED RABBIT. THE TESTS ALSO COMPARED THE RESPONSES OF THE CORRESPONDING LATERALLY ORIENTED ACCELEROMETERS MOUNTED TO THE CHEST OF THE DUMMIES AND CADAVERS IN THE TWO IMPACT ENVIRONMENTS, THAT OF THE MODIFIED AND THAT OF THE UNMODIFIED RABBITS.(A) FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF THE CONFERENCE SEE IRRD 802816.
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