Nine side impact tests with two moving subcompact cars (Volkswagen Rabbit) were conducted. The speed of the impacting vehicle was always 50 km/h. The speed of the impacted vehicle was set to 20, 30 and 40 km/h - each configuration was tested three times. The impact point was as defined in National Highway Traffic Safety Administrations (NHTSA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on side impact. On the driver seat a US-SID and on the rear seat an Hybrid II dummy were positioned. Results showed no influence of the driving speed of the side impacted vehicle on the loadings of the driver dummy, but with the rear seat dummy there was a significant tendency for dummy loadings to increase driving speed. For the covering abstract of the conference, see IRRD 837684.
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