SUBCOMPACT VEHICLE ENERGY ABSORBING STEERING COLUMN EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT. VOLUME III: APPENDICES

This volume of the project interim report presents the appendices of corresponding Volume I and II. The appendices contain the following information: Appendix A - Coding and distribution of significant variables; Appendix B - Sample collision performance and injury report (CPIR) used for MDAI data; Appendix C - Sample accident investigation report, University of Birmingham; Appendix D - MDAI codebook; Appendix E - Birmingham data codebook; Appendix F - Listing of accident cases and important variables for the MDAI 108, MDAI 78 and Birmingham 53 data files; Appendix G - Example of a CRASH2 computer simulation; Appendix H - Frequency distributions and classifications for important MDAI and Birmingham variables; Appendix I - "Measurement of Thoracic Injury in Collision Simulations Using Anthropomorphic Dummies."