Abstract
Crashworthiness for automotive vehicles concerns more than how the fenders bend. The total system is involved from the vehicle's structure to the occupant's restraint. Field accident data must be used to establish the mix of variables required to provide an acceptable level of crashworthiness. Vehicle weight, structural stiffness, acceleration pulse, type of occupant restraint, degree of passenger compartment intrusion—all must be balanced and put into proper perspective. Experimental Safety Vehicles (ESVs) can be useful exercises in designing for arbitrarily set crashworthiness requirements, but they are not necessarily examples of designs that balance all vehicle requirements.
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