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Research Report and Findings: Crash Energy Management for Heavy Rail Vehicles, Light Rail Vehicles, and Streetcars (Report 0233)

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FTA-Report-No-0233.pdf (2.63 MB)

This report presents background research and analysis on needs and gaps for new standards related to transit crashworthiness, the ability of a transit vehicle to protect its occupants during a collision, and crash energy management, a performance-based technique that is used to improve passenger safety. This report includes a summary of transportation modes that lack crashworthiness and crash energy management standards, existing standards implemented into industries related to crashworthiness, and crash energy management used for newly-procured equipment and industry survey results of the use of the standards implemented.

Last updated: Friday, October 21, 2022
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