developed a test protocol to assess the comparative crashworthiness of cars based upon non-statutory European test procedures for frontal, side and pedestrian impacts. The test programme involved purchasing new cars, crash testing and publishing the results in vehicle groups. The first group to be tested was super...http://www.roads.dft.gov.uk/vehicle/standards/0102/02.htm

... Another IIHS study showed that 64 percent of occupants on the side of the collision and 82 percent of those seated opposite the impact side receive head ...
www.firehouse.com/extrication/archives/1998/april98.html

SIDE IMPACT TEST AND EVALUATION PROCEDURES
... S is measured from the rear-most impact-side corner of the vehicle to the front-most corner on the impact side parallel to the hypothetical roadway as shown in ...
cee.wpi.edu/Roadsafe/Pix/SideImpact/ SI-Recommendations.pdf

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Modeling of the Side Impact Dummy MODELING OF THE SIDE IMPACT DUMMY. In October ... by specifying a dynamic
side impact requirement for passenger cars. This requirement ...
www.sri.com/poulter/fe_modeling/sid_model.html

... KEYWORDS Crash test, side impact, roadside hardware, roadside safety.
Page 3. ... The thin line represents the interior face of the impact-side door. ...
cee.wpi.edu/Roadsafe/Papers/EvalRiskInSideImpacts.pdf

... In the finite element simulations the SIDs were given a rotation of 6 degrees towards the impact side door (same position of SID in test 95S008) and the ...
www.arasvo.com/papers/IJC98_SID.pdf

cote = dimension

obtained from crush measurements

Bumper Cover Rebound, The ‘Air-Gap’ Problem
After a crash test, the rubber bumper covers on some newer vehicles are rebounding back to their pre-crash shape while the underlying vehicle structure remains crushed. This creates an ‘air-gap’ between the bumper cover and the underlying vehicle structure. Correct measurement procedure would require the removal of this ‘air-gap’ prior to taking the damage measurement. The test facility at Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is following this procedure. Crush measurements are made while pushing the rubber bumper cover inward until a solid structure is contacted.