The National Crash Survival Data Bank: A Resource for Modelers

This paper presents the National Crash Survival Data Bank (NCSDB), a data base of impact acceleration test data available to researchers and modelers. We emphasize the contents and implementation of the NCSDB, a web-accessible object-relational data base housed at the National Biodynamics Laboratory (NBDL). Past and potential modeling applications of the data stored in the NCSDB are discussed.