J3227_202604 Terminology and Measurement Methodology for Determining Vehicle Overlap in Offset-Frontal Crashes
Reaffirmed
4/28/2026
- Content
- This SAE Information Report establishes procedures and terminology for measuring, calculating, and referencing the percent vehicle overlap for a case vehicle in real-world or staged end plane collisions where the end plane of the case vehicle is engaged at one of the two bumper corners but not both. This SAE Information Report may be applied to rear or front plane impacts.
- Citation
- SAE International Information Report, Terminology and Measurement Methodology for Determining Vehicle Overlap in Offset-Frontal Crashes, SAE Standard J3227_202604, Reaffirmed April 2026, Issued May 2021, https://doi.org/10.4271/J3227_202604.