SPECIAL CRASH INVESTIGATIONS

CERTIFIED ADVANCED 208 COMPLIANT

January 1, 2007

1. CASES

1. Total Number of Cases: 164

2. Number of cases under active investigation: 45

3. Number of cases under review: 83

4. Number of cases available to public: 36

2. VEHICLES BY MANUFACTURER

1 BMW 2

2 DAIMLER - CHRYSLER 11

3 FORD 23

4 GM 82

5 HONDA 17

6 HYUNDAI 1

7 KIA 1

8 LEXUS 1

9 NISSAN 6

10 PORSCHE 1

11 TOYOTA 16

12 VOLKSWAGEN 2

13 VOLVO 1

TOTAL 164

3. IMPACT PLANE

1 FRONT 136

2 LEFT 10

3 RIGHT 15

4 TOP 3

TOTAL 164


4. CASE SELECTION CRITERIA

- INITIAL (2003)

- Certified Advanced 208 Compliant Vehicle involved in a crash.

- There is no current deployment criteria.

- There is no current towing requirement.

5. NHTSA CASE SUMMARY

The Certified Advanced 208 Compliant 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 Certified Advanced 208 Compliant Vehicles.

Case focus centers around 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 certified advanced 208 compliant systems.