Technical protocols for vehicle testing and rating
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Archive of previous protocol versions
All files are PDF, unless otherwise noted
| FRONTAL OFFSET TESTING | |
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| Test protocol | Offset barrier crash test protocol, Version XIII (May 2008) |
| Rating protocols | Guidelines for rating restraints and dummy kinematics, August 2007 |
| Guidelines for rating structural performance, April 2002 | |
| Guidelines for rating injury measures, June 2009 | |
| Rating calculator | Crashworthiness evaluation frontal offset overall rating calculator |
| Excel (.xls) file: click on link to open file in browser or right-click to save to disk. NOTE: If you are having trouble running this file, go to the Excel toolbar and click on Tools>Macro>Security. On the Security Level tab, select "Medium" security. On the Trusted Publishers tab, make sure "Trust access to Visual Basic project" is checked. Close Excel and reopen the file, choosing "Enable Macros" when prompted. | |
| Weighting principles for frontal offset vehicle ratings, April 2006 | |
| SIDE IMPACT TESTING | |
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| Test protocol | Side impact crash test protocol, Version V (May 2008) |
| Rating protocols | Side impact test program rating guidelines, April 2006 |
| Guidelines for rating injury measures, Version II (April 2008) | |
| Rating calculator | Crashworthiness evaluation side impact overall rating calculator, Version II |
| Excel (.xls) file: click on link to open file in browser or right-click to save to disk. NOTE: If you are having trouble running this file, go to the Excel toolbar and click on Tools>Macro>Security. On the Security Level tab, select "Medium" security. On the Trusted Publishers tab, make sure "Trust access to Visual Basic project" is checked. Close Excel and reopen the file, choosing "Enable Macros" when prompted. | |
| Weighting principles for side impact vehicle ratings, August 2006 | |
| Miscellaneous | Moving deformable barrier specification, October 2007 |
| Side impact outrigger assembly | |
| Recommended procedures for evaluating occupant injury risk from deploying side airbags, July 2003 | |
| Prepared by the Side Airbag Out-of-Position Injury Technical Working Group (A joint project of Alliance, AIAM, AORC, and IIHS) | |
| SID-IIs iliac wing, January 2007 | |
| REAR IMPACT AND HEAD RESTRAINT TESTING | |
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| A procedure for evaluating motor vehicle head restraints, Issue 3 (March 2008) | |
| RCAR standard — procedure followed by IIHS since model year 2001 | |
| RCAR-IIWPG seat/head restraint evaluation protocol, Version 3 (March 2008) | |
| ROOF STRENGTH TESTING | |
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| Roof strength test protocol, Version I (November 2009) | |
| BUMPER TESTING | |
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| Bumper test protocol, Version VIII (September 2010) | |
| DUMMY POSITIONING | |
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| Dummy seating procedure for rear outboard positions, Version I (August 2005) | |
| Procedure for properly positioning rear dummies in side impact crash tests | |
| Guidelines for using the UMTRI ATD positioning procedure for ATD and seat positioning, Version V (December 2004) | |
| Procedure for properly positioning driver dummies in frontal offset and side impact crash tests | |
| ATD positioning template | |
| Excel (.xlt) worksheet template that is used in conjunction with the UMTRI ATD positioning procedure above; click on link to open file in browser or right-click to save to disk | |
