Sentences with phrase «side crash dummies»

Side crash dummies do a better job of this but can't record much of the frontal action in these tests.

Not exact matches

The nonprofit says the driver's side seat belt did not have enough tension to protect the crash test dummy's head.

Cherilus did his best impression of a crash - test dummy and went flying onto his side.

While the Rio 5 - Door received five stars for its overall side crash - test performance, in the side barrier test the rear door panel struck the backseat test dummy's torso.

Marring those results is a safety concern stemming from the side - impact crash - test results: During the test, the cabin door panel hit the torso of the dummy in the rear seat, increasing the chance of injury.

NHTSA cited mediocre results with female crash dummies, including just two stars for backseat protection in a side impact and three stars for side impacts with all dummies overall.

The upgraded ratings system evaluates side pole crash testing and crash prevention - technologies and uses female crash test dummies for the first time.

Small greasepaint marks on the side curtain airbag show that the dummy's head motion was well controlled as it moved forward into the frontal airbag and then back toward the seat during the crash.

Action shot taken during the side impact crash test showing the driver dummy's head leaning well outward and approaching the window sill.

The safety belt and front and side curtain airbags worked together to keep the dummy in place, and measures taken from the dummy showed there would be a low risk of injury in a similar real - world crash.

The side curtain airbag deployed too late during the crash, after the head had moved to the left and was already rebounding, outboard of the inflating curtain, leaving the dummy's head vulnerable to contact with side structure and outside objects.

During the crash, the dummy's head barely contacted the frontal airbag before sliding off to the left, and the side curtain airbag deployed too late (after the time shown in the freeze frame) to offer any head protection, leaving the dummy's head exposed to contact with side structure and outside objects.

During rebound, the dummy's head contacted the side curtain airbag, which had deployed during the crash, and the roof and sunvisor.

After the dummy moved forward into the frontal airbag, its head contacted the side curtain airbag, which had deployed during the crash.

Driver dummy injury and head protection ratings for the 2009 model are assigned by the Institute as part of side crash test verification.

During the crash, the dummy's head contacted the frontal airbag but then mostly slid off the left side.

Analysis of the movement and contact points of the dummies» heads during the side impact crash test is used to assess this aspect of protection.

In the side impact test for both models, measures taken from both the driver dummy and the passenger dummy seated in the rear seat indicated low risk of significant injuries in a real - world crash like this one.

We didn't record high injury forces on any of the dummies in the back seats, but in a crash at a different speed or configuration the heads of back - seat passengers would be at risk without side airbags,» Lund notes.

Action shot taken during the side impact crash test showing the driver dummy's head hitting the window sill.

Although the overall side crash protection still would have been rated good, with low risk of injuries to both driver and rear passenger dummies, Nissan engineers were concerned about the interference with the deployment of the side curtain airbag.

The newly introduced side - pole crash test exclusively uses the small female crash dummy in a front seating position.

The side - barrier crash test now implements a combination of male and female crash test dummies, with the male positioned in a front seating position (as before) and the small female (new) in a rear seating position.

During the crash, the dummy's head contacted the frontal airbag but slid off the left side as the steering column moved to the right, and the head hit the intruding A-pillar.

Action shot taken during the side impact crash test showing the driver dummy's head was protected from being hit by hard structures by the side airbag.

Action shot taken during the side impact crash test showing the driver dummy's head was protected from being hit by hard structures by the side curtain and side torso airbags.

The dummy's position in relation to the door frame, steering wheel, and instrument panel after the crash test indicates the driver's survival space wasn't maintained well (second test with front and side curtain airbag deployment).

Action shot taken during the side impact crash test showing the driver dummy's head leaning well outward and approaching the crash test barrier.

A Chrysler Corp. minivan has achieved the best scores ever recorded for a van in the federal government's 13 - year - old crash test program, thanks in part to its driver's side air bag.The scores, recorded from instrumented test dummies aboard a Dodge Caravan run headlong into a concrete wall, also were better than those of most passenger cars.The 35 - mph test provides a basis for comparing vehicles, although critics point out that it indicates little about a vehicle's ability to protect passengers if it is struck in the side or rear.

During the crash, the seat belt allowed the dummy's head and torso to move too far forward into a gap between the frontal and side airbags.

Action shot taken during the side impact crash test showing the driver dummy's head leaning well outward and hitting the crash test barrier.

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The purpose of this study was to compare injury responses and kinematics for these two dummies in side impact crash tests.

Test results in that initial round were so bad we nearly broke our budget for repairing the crash test dummy, but now most vehicles ace the side test thanks to side airbags and stronger side structures.

The side structure of the old model was poor, and measures recorded on the driver dummy indicated that a person in a real - world crash of this severity could sustain rib fractures, internal organ injuries, and a fractured pelvis.

In forward and side impact tests the crash dummies move in a predictable way.

During the crash, the dummy's head slipped into the gap between the narrow frontal airbag and the side curtain airbag, which does not extend far enough forward.

Without side airbags, injury measures recorded on the driver dummy indicated that serious head injuries would be possible in a real - world crash of similar severity.

In the side impact crash, the head of the 10 - year dummy contacted the interior trim bottoming out the curtain airbag.

During the crash, the dummy's head grazed the side curtain airbag and dislodged headliner and then rebounded against the head restraint, as indicated by smeared greasepaint.

The dummy's head barely contacted the frontal airbag before sliding off the right side, allowing the head to move far enough forward to hit the upper trim panel on the door, which was partially dislodged during the crash.

The head protection capability of the vehicle during side impacts is determined by first applying greasepaint on the heads of the dummies prior to start of side crash test.

Or it may affect to be both, as in Player, a handmade canvas and rubber crash - test dummy, slumped in a side - gallery, whose customary identity as anonymous Everyman is accentuated by the absence of a head, hands or feet.