Evaluation Methodologies for Nine Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards: FMVSS 105, 108, 122, 202, 207, 213, 220, 221, 222

1978Final ReportPDFTech ReportDOT-HS-803 388DOT-HS-7-01674DOT-HS-7-01675AnalysisAutomotive engineeringComponentsConsumer protectionCost estimatingCostsDesign standardsDoors (Vehicles)EstimatesMotor vehicle bodiesMotor vehiclesSafety equipmentStandardsStrength of materialsVehicle safetyWeightUnited StatesUnited States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationNorthrop, Gaylord M.Ball, John T.Bancroft, Diccon R.E.Reidy, Joseph C., Jr.The Center for the Environment and the Man, Inc.United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationNHTSA-Vehicle Safety ResearchThis is the Final Report of two studies to develop methodologies for evaluating a total of nine Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards:FMVSS 105 Hydraulic Brake Systems on Passenger Cars; FMVSS 108 Side Marker Lamps; FMVSS 122 Motorcycle Brake Systems; FMVSS 202 Head Restraints; FMVSS 207 Seating Systems; FMVSS 213 Child Seating Systems; FMVSS 220 School Bus, Rollover Protection; FMVSS 221 School Bus, Joint Strength; and, FMVSS 222 School Bus, Seating and Crash Protection.This report provides a summary and overview of the sixteen preceding reports, and an integration of the individual approaches for evaluating each Standard as presented in the earlier reports. The Final Report includes conclusions and recommendations, and it briefly reviews the nine Standards, and the approaches to evaluating the Standards. It discusses the statistical analyses of accident data, field and mail surveys, and laboratory testing which comprise the methodologies for evaluating the effectiveness of each Standard, and presents Work Plans with clearly-defined decision points between various tasks in each evaluation program. The evaluation programs may require from three to six years to complete. The maximum cost of completing all nine evaluations is estimated to be about $5.2 million over a six year period.93