Technical protocols for vehicle testing and rating
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Archive of previous protocol versions
All files are PDF, unless otherwise noted
| FRONT MODERATE OVERLAP TESTING | |
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| Test protocol | Moderate overlap crash test protocol, Version XIV (December 2012) |
| Rating protocols | Guidelines for rating restraints and dummy kinematics, August 2007 |
| Guidelines for rating structural performance, December 2011 | |
| Guidelines for rating injury measures, June 2009 | |
| Rating calculator | Crashworthiness evaluation front moderate overlap overall rating calculator |
| Weighting principles for front moderate overlap vehicle ratings, April 2006 | |
| FRONT SMALL OVERLAP TESTING | |
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| Test protocol | Small overlap crash test protocol, Version II (December 2012) |
| Small overlap excursion template | |
| Excel (.xlsx) worksheet template that is used in conjunction with the small overlap test protocol, above, to calculate occupant excursion; click on link to open file in browser or right-click to save to disk. | |
| Rating protocol | Small overlap test program rating guidelines, Version II (December 2012) |
| Barrier design | Overview drawing, February 2012 |
| Solidworks drawing package, February 2012 | |
| Solidworks 2012 file (requires Solidworks 2012 or later): includes assembly and individual part files; click on link to open file in browser or right-click to save to disk. This will download as a .zip file. | |
| Step model, February 2012 | |
| Step AP203 file of entire assembly for import to your 3-D CAD program; click on link to open file in browser or right-click to save to disk. This will download as a .zip file. | |
| Parasolid model, February 2012 | |
| Parasolid text file of entire assembly for import to your 3-D CAD program; click on link to open file in browser or right-click to save to disk. This will download as a .zip file. | |
| Rating calculator | Crashworthiness evaluation front small overlap overall rating calculator |
| SIDE TESTING | |
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| Test protocol | Side impact crash test protocol, Version VI (December 2012) |
| 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 |
| Miscellaneous | Weighting principles for side impact vehicle ratings, August 2006 |
| 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 II (December 2012) | |
| 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 (April 2012) | |
| 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 | |
