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Bounce-Overs: Fixed Object Impacts Followed by Rollovers
Technical Paper
2004-01-0334
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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In this study, U.S. crash data was analyzed to better understand bounce-over rollovers. Crash data was reviewed to evaluate the distribution of bounce-over crashes and injuries, initiation objects and impact locations.
In passenger cars, bounce-over crashes account for 8.4% of rollovers but involve 36.2% of the seriously injured belted drivers. Most bounce-overs are initiated by contact with narrow objects such as a pole, tree or barrier, or large objects such as a ditch or embankment. Contact often occurs in the front of the vehicle. After contact, the vehicle yaws and rolls, and serious injuries are often sustained to the head.
Based on field data, a laboratory test was developed to simulate a narrow object bounce-over. The test consists of towing a vehicle laterally on a fixture towards a stationary, angled barrier resting in gravel. The moving fixture is decelerated and the vehicle is released. The vehicle front impacts the edge of the barrier, simulating a narrow object impact. The vehicle then yaws as its wheels dig into the gravel inducing a rollover.
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Parenteau, C. and Viano, D., "Bounce-Overs: Fixed Object Impacts Followed by Rollovers," SAE Technical Paper 2004-01-0334, 2004, https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-0334.Also In
SAE 2004 Transactions Journal of Passenger Cars: Mechanical Systems
Number: V113-6; Published: 2005-07-05
Number: V113-6; Published: 2005-07-05
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