Authors: M.J. Reilly, R.H. Jines, A.E. Tanner

Date of Publication:  July 1978

Sponsoring Agency:  U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Research and Development

Performing Organization: Boeing Vertol Co.

Abstract:

The Department of Transportation, Transportation Systems Center (TSC) is providing technical assistance to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) in a program to improve railroad safety and efficiency by providing a technological basis for improvement and possible regulation in rail vehicle crashworthiness, inspection and surveillance of equipment, and other areas. As part of this program, TSC is conducting technical analyses of passenger railcar collisions, derailments, and other accidents, directed towards minimizing occupant injuries.

This document, the first of four volumes, reports on the collection of data for a representative accident sample, the analysis of the data to identify injury types, locations, and, when possible, injury causal factors. Vehicle interior design details are also considered in conjunction with the accident data to compile a list of potential improvements in occupant protection.

Volume II is a design guide to assist engineers in understanding the problems associated with the development of crashworthy interiors of locomotives, cabooses, and passenger railcars. Volume III proposes engineering standards in the format of the Code of Federal Regulations (Title 49, Transportation, Parts 200). Volume IV is an executive summary.
 

No. of Pages:   265