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Crash tests are conducted to ensure vehicle safety and design standards. There are several types of crash tests, including frontal impact tests, offset tests where only part of the vehicle impacts, side impact tests which have a high likelihood of injury, rollover tests testing a vehicle's strength, and tests of roadside barriers. Both physical crash tests and computer simulations are used to refine vehicle and barrier designs and advance safety.

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Crash Test

Crash tests are conducted to ensure vehicle safety and design standards. There are several types of crash tests, including frontal impact tests, offset tests where only part of the vehicle impacts, side impact tests which have a high likelihood of injury, rollover tests testing a vehicle's strength, and tests of roadside barriers. Both physical crash tests and computer simulations are used to refine vehicle and barrier designs and advance safety.

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A crash test is a form of destructive testing usually performed in order to ensure safe design standards in crashworthiness and crash

compatibility for various modes of transportation or related systems and components.


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1 Types 2 Major providers 3 Data collection 4 Consumer response 5 Crash testing programs 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

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Frontal-impact tests: which is what most people initially think of when asked about a crash test. These are usually impacts upon a solid concrete wall at a specified speed, but can also be vehicle-vehicle tests. SUVs have been singled out in these tests for a while, due to the high ride-height that they often have. Offset tests: in which only part of the front of the car impacts with a barrier (vehicle). These are important, as impact forces (approximately) remain the same as with a frontal impact test, but a smaller fraction of the car is required to absorb all of the force. These tests are often realized by cars turning into oncoming traffic. This type of testing is done by the U.S.A. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), EuroNCAP and Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP). Side-impact tests: these forms of accidents have a very significant likelihood of fatality, as cars do not have a significant crumple zone to absorb the impact forces before an occupant is injured. Roll-over tests: which tests a car's ability (specifically the pillars holding the roof) to support itself in a dynamic [1] impact. More recently dynamic rollover tests have been proposed as opposed to static crush testing (video). Roadside hardware crash tests: are used to ensure crash barriers and crash cushions will protect vehicle occupants from roadside hazards, and also to ensure that guard rails, sign posts, light poles and similar appurtenances do not pose an undue hazard to vehicle occupants. Old versus new: Often an old and big car against a small and new car, or two different generations of the [citation needed] same car model. These tests are performed to show the advancements in crashworthiness. Computer model: Because of the cost of full-scale crash tests, engineers often run many simulated crash tests using computer models to refine their vehicle or barrier designs before conducting live tests.
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