`Crash Event Data
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`Augustus “Chip” Chidester, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
`John Hinch, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
`Thomas C. Mercer, General Motors Corporation
`Keith S. Schultz, General Motors Corporation
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`May 5, 1999
`May 5, 1999
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`National Transportation Safety Board
`National Transportation Safety Board
`Symposium On Recorders
`Symposium On Recorders
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`Crash Scene
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`Crash Scene
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`1914 Car Crash
`in Scotland
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`Source: http://www.sol.co.uk/s/scott.wilson/Old_Traffic_DundAcc1914.jpg
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`Crash Scene
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`Crash Scene
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`The Opportunities
`Are Vast
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`• 18,000 Tow-away crashes per day
`• Equivalent to about $600 million worth of crash
`Tests per day (18,000 crashes * $35,000 / test)
`• Current total production of crash tests conducted
`for US vehicles is estimated around 5,000 / year
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`Background
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`• Need for real world crash data - crash pulses
`• Today - methodology based on observation of
`post crash vehicle deformation
`• Need for more detailed data to define crash
`conditions (pre-impact conditions, detailed
`deceleration data)
`• Recommendations from NTSB & JPL
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`NTSB
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`• NTSB public forum on air bags and
`child passenger safety (March 1997)
`• NHTSA (H-97-18)
`– “Develop and implement, in conjunction with the
`domestic and international manufacturers, a plan to
`gather better information on crash pulses and other
`crash parameters in actual crashes, utilizing current or
`augmented sensing and recording devices.”
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`JPL
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`• 1997 recommendation for NHTSA to work on
`EDRs
`• Study feasibility of installing and obtaining crash
`data for safety analyses from crash recorders on
`vehicles
`• JPL findings
`– Crash recorders exist already on some vehicles with electronic
`air bag sensors, but data recorded are determined by the
`OEMs
`– These recorders could be basis for an evolving data-recording
`capability that could be expanded to serve other purposes
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`JPL (cont’d)
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`• Emergency rescues - information could be
`combined with occupant smart keys to provide
`critical crash & personal data to paramedics
`• Questions of data ownership and data protection
`would have to be resolved, however
`– Where data ownership concerns arise, consultation with
`experts in the aviation community regarding use of aircraft flight
`recorder data is recommended
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`Potential Uses of
`Event Data
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`Category
`Improve Vehicle Design/Highway
`Infrastructure
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`Provide a Basis for Regulatory &
`Consumer Information Initiatives
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`Potential Examples
`vehicle systems
`- airbag sensing system deployment criteria
`highway systems
`- roadside safety feature design standards
`- offset frontal impact severity
`- average/extreme vehicle decel pulses
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`Provide Objective Data for
`Crash Reconstruction
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`Develop an Objective Driver
`Behavior Database
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`alleged defects & litigation
`- unintended vehicle acceleration
`- crash & airbag deployment sequence
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`- pre-crash driver braking/steering
`- belt use
`- vehicle speed
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`The Haddon Matrix
`w/o EDR
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`Human
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`Vehicle
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`Environment
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`Skid Marks
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`Calculated Delta-V
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`Injury
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`Collision Damage
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`Environment
`after
`crash
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`Pre
`Crash
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`Crash
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`Post
`Crash
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`The Haddon Matrix
`w/ EDR
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`Human
`Belt Use
`Steering
`Brake
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`Air Bag Data
`Pre Tensioners
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`ACN (Automatic
`Collision
`Notification)
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`Pre
`Crash
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`Crash
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`Post
`Crash
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`Vehicle
`Speed
`ABS
`Other Controls
`Crash Pulse
`Delta-V
`Yaw
`A/B Activation Time
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`Environment
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`Conditions
`During Crash
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`Location
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`ACN
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`ACN
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`GM EDR Systems
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`IL" General MOIOI'S
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`GM EDR Systems
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`1990
`DERM
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`1994
`SDM
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`1999
`SDM
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`GM Airbag Systems
`Data Stored
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`Parameter
`State of Warning Indicator when event occurred (ON/OFF)
`Length of time the warning lamp was illuminated
`Crash-sensing activation times or sensing criteria met
`Time from vehicle impact to deployment
`Diagnostic Trouble Codes present at the time of the event
`Ignition cycle count at event time
`Maximum Delta-V for near-deployment event
`Delta-V vs. time for frontal airbag deployment event
`Time from vehicle impact to time of maximum Delta-V
`State of driver’s seat belt switch
`Time between near-deploy and deploy event (if within 5 seconds)
`Passenger's airbag enabled or disabled state
`Engine speed (5 sec before impact)
`Vehicle speed (5 sec before impact)
`Brake status (5 sec before impact)
`Throttle position (5 sec before impact)
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`1999 EDR Simplified
`Block Diagram
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`Engine Speed
`Sensor
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`Vehicle Speed
`Sensor
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`Brake ON/OFF
`Sensor
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`Throttle Pos
`Sensor
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`Pre-impact data
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`Serial data bus
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`SDM
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`Accelerometer
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`Warning Indicator
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`Low-pass Filter
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`Airbags
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`Power
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`Ignition Switch
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`Microcomputer Including EDR
`RAM
`32k ROM
`640 EEPROM
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`Driver Seat Belt
`Sensor
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`Manual Pass.
`Airbag Cutoff Sw.
`And Indicator
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`(cid:190)
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`EDR Data
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`Delta-V (mph)
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`0Increasing
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`0
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`20
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`40
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`60
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`80
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`100
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`120
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`150
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`Time (msec)
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`Pre-Impact Data
`1999 EDR
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`Brake ON
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`Crash Occurs
`@ Time = 0
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`Vehicle Speed
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`Engine Speed
`Throttle Pos
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`Brake OFF
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`-4
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`-3
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`-2
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`-1
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`0
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`Crash Time (sec)
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`Accuracy and
`Resolution
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`Parameter
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`Full Scale
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`Resolution
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`Accuracy
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`How Measured When Updated
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`Delta V
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`+ 55.9 mph
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`0.4 mph
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`~ + 10%
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`Integrated
`acceleration
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`recorded every
`.010s, calculated
`every .00125s
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`Vehicle speed
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`158.4 mph
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`0.6 mph
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`+ 4 %
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`Magnetic pickup
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`vehicle speed
`changes by
`> 0.1 mph
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`Engine Speed
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`16383 RPM
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`1/4 RPM
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`+ 1 RPM
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`Throttle
`Position
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`100% Wide
`open throttle
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`0.4 %
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`+ 5%
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`Magnetic pickup RPM changes by
`> 32 RPM.
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`Rotary
`potentiometer
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`Throttle position
`changes by
`> 5%.
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`EDR Data
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`Electronic data
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`EDR data
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`Validation
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`50
`40
`30
`20
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`Delta-V
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`0
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`0.05
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`0.1
`Time
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`0.15
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`0.2
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`GM Tech 1
`Retrieval Unit
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`Vetronix EDR
`Retrieval Tool
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`EDR Uses
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`SMASH
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`Delta-V (mph)
`EDR
`Comments
`Final seat belt determination was "not belted.
`50
`Severe under-ride.
`Very minor damage
`*Physical evidence indicated shoulder portion
`of the belt under the driver's arm
`Driver stated belt used, no physical evidence
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`16
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`20
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`11
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`NR
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`NR
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`14
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`NR
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`NR
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`24
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`9
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`11
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`Under-ride - visual of 14-18 mph
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`Under-ride, 24 mph @ 150 msec
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`The report writer specified the SDM Delta-V
`data as more representative of this crash
`Undercarriage impact.
`Visual estimate of 9-14 mph
`Inadvertent deployment
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`SCIs Involving
`GMs’ EDRs
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`Driver Belted
`Field
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`EDR
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`Y
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`N
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`Y*
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`N
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`Y
`N
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`Y
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`N
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`Y
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`N
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`N
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`Y
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`N
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`Y
`N
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`Y
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`N
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`Y
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`MY - Make - Model
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`1998 Chevrolet Malibu
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`1995 Saturn SL
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`1996 Geo Metro
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`1995 Saturn
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`1996 Oldsmobile 98
`1995 Chevrolet Lumina
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`1995 Geo Metro
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`1995 Geo Metro
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`1998 Pont. Grand Prix
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`NR = No Results
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`NHTSA SCI w/ EDR
`Involvement
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`Delta-V
`- Struck a heavy, parked truck in a severe bumper under-ride impact.
`- Such crashes typically generate long crash pulses.
`- WINSMASH estimated a Delta-V of 23 mph.
`- The investigator noted this Delta-V estimate appeared to be low.
`- Data from the on-board recorder indicated a Delta-V of approximately 50 mph.
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`Belt Use
`- Belt use status
`unsure Investigator.
`- EDR was read.
`- EDR indicate “Belt Used.”
`- EDR was correct.
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`Chevrolet Malibu
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`Motor Vehicle Safety
`Research Advisory
`Committee
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`MVSRAC Working
`Group Formed
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`• On April 29, 1998, NHTSA staff presented a briefing to
`the MVSRAC committee
`• Purpose was to recommend that a working group be
`formed
`• MVSRAC members indicated:
`– It would be several years before such devices would be wide
`spread enough to give researchers information on crashes
`– Manufacturers were not far along in EDR technology
`• Working group formed
`• MVSRAC Crashworthiness Subcommittee would
`organize EDR working group
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`MVSRAC WG
`Representatives
`• AAAM
`• Blue Bird
`• CA DMV
`• Chrysler
`• FHWA
`• Ford
`• Navistar
`• GM
`• NASDPTS
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`• Honda
`• NHTSA
`• NTSB
`• Private
`• Transport Canada
`• TRB
`• UVA
`• VW
`• Worcester
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`Objectives of
`MVSRAC W.G.
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`• Define functional and performance
`requirements for on-board crash data
`recorders
`• Understand technology presently available to
`meet these requirements
`• Develop a set of data definitions
`• Discuss the various uses of the data
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`Objectives (cont’d)
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`• Discussions of legal and privacy issues
`• Historical overview of other agency’s actions
`related to data collection
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`Potential Outcomes
`of the MVSRAC WG
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`• Technical Report (by end of 2000)
`• Recommendations to Full MVSRAC for EDR
`actions
`– Establish National Data Base for EDR Data
`– Encourage all manufacturers to develop EDR technology
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`Conclusions
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`• Potential to Greatly Improve Highway Safety
`• Well-Coordinated Efforts will be Needed to Achieve
`the Results Envisioned by the NTSB
`• NHTSA’s MVSRAC Event Data Recorder Working
`Group will Establish Guidelines for Future On-Board
`Data Recording Capability
`• EDR Data is now being stored in NHTSA’s National
`Crash Data Bases
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`The End
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