THIS REPORT DESCRIBES IMPACT TESTS CARRIED OUT BY RENAULT. THE TARGET VEHICLE WAS THE RESEARCH SAFETY VEHICLE (RSV) DEVELOPED BY MINICARS UNDER CONTRACT WITH NHTSA. THE STRIKING VEHICLE WAS A RENAULT 20 (1980 MODEL). THE POINT OF IMPACT WAS A POINT OF THE FRONT SEAT PROJECTED ON THE OUTER PANEL OF THE TARGET VEHICLE. THE RSV WAS STATIONARY, THE RENAULT 20 WAS TRAVELLING AT 50 KM/H FOR THE FIRST IMPACT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RSV, AND ANOTHER RENAULT 20 WAS TRAVELLING AT 65 KM/H FOR THE SECOND TEST ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SAME RSV. THE TRAJECTORY OF THE RENAULT 20 FORMED A 75 DEG ANGLE WITH THE CENTRE LINE OF THE RSV BODY. THREE INSTRUMENTED DUMMIES WERE IN THE RSV - TWO IN THE FRONT, ONE AT THE BACK ON THE IMPACTED SIDE, AND TWO BALLAST DUMMIES WERE SITTING IN THE RENAULT 20. THE RESULTS OF THE TESTS ARE DESCRIBED AND DISCUSSED. FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF SECTION 3 SEE IRRD 266048. FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF THE CONFERENCE SEE IRRD 266046.
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