Transport i bezpieczeństwo · 03/09/1998

Anthropomorphic Test Dummy; Occupant Crash Protection

This document proposes to amend 49 CFR Part 572 by adding design and performance specifications for a new dummy whose height and weight are representative of a fifth percentile female adult. This new dummy, which is part of the family of Hybrid III test dummies, could be used to accurately assess the potential for injuries to small women, particularly those who sit close to an air bag. The new dummy is especially needed to ensure that air bags protect small women in frontal crashes and to minimize the risk from air bags during those crashes. The dummy would also provide a means of gathering useful information in a variety of crash environments to better evaluate vehicle safety. The issue of amending various safety standards to specify use of the dummy in determining compliance with the performance requirements of those standards, e.g., the agency's occupant protection standard, will be addressed in other rulemakings, particularly the agency's advanced air bag rulemaking for which an NPRM will be published later this year. The agency is also proposing to remove the current requirement that test dummies remain undamaged at the conclusion of a compliance test. It plans to apply this c