SPECIAL CRASH INVESTIGATIONS

ADVANCED OCCUPANT PROTECTION CASES

January 1, 2007

1. CASES

1. Total Number of Cases: 125

2. Number of cases under active investigation: 12

3. Number of cases under review: 17

4. Number of cases available to public: 96

2. VEHICLES BY MANUFACTURER

1 AUDI 3

2 BMW 4

3 CHEVROLET 1

4 DAIMLER - CHRYSLER 5

5 FORD 62

6 GM 16

7 HONDA 9

8 HYUNDAI 1

9 JAGUAR 1

10 NISSAN 2

11 SUBARU 1

12 TOYOTA 16

13 VOLKSWAGEN 3

14 VOLVO 1

TOTAL 125

3. IMPACT PLANE

1 FRONT 109

2 LEFT 6

3 RIGHT 5

4 TOP 4

5 UNDERCARRIAGE 1

TOTAL 125

4. CASE SELECTION CRITERIA

February 2001 to Present

The crash configuration must be an impact where an advanced component is designed

to protect the occupant(s). Not including back plane impacts.

The vehicle must be towed due to crash induced damage.

5. NHTSA CASE SUMMARY

The Advanced Occupant Protection Systems Study case summary can be viewed on the

SCI internet web site at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-

30/ncsa/SCI.html

6. COORDINATION OF INFORMATION WITH INDUSTRY

The Agency is sharing the field data with those automobile manufacturers that are

currently sharing their technologies surrounding the Advanced Occupant Protection

Systems available in their production vehicles.

Particularly noteworthy is the technical analysis of data recording device outputs. This

data has provided invaluable information relating to the occupant status, severity

assessment and deployment controls in researching crashes with advanced systems.