How Does Vehicle Crash Testing Work

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new Toyota Camry cars near WashingtonToyota is continually working on new technology to make it’s cars the safest on the road.  An important part of this process is vehicle crash testing.  These tests allow companies like Toyota to break down possible crash scenarios and see just how humans could be injured due to them.  Let’s take a look how crash test dummies work and what kind of tests are out there.

The crash test dummy is a crash test engineer’s best asset.  A crash test dummy is made to react to a crash just like a human would and, instead of organs,  are equipped with special parts called accelerometers, load sensors and motion sensors.  These parts each give specific crash related readings to the crash test engineers.  Painting different parts of the dummies a specific color also gives engineers a look into how a crash affects the car’s occupants.  To put it simply, a crash test dummy allows engineers to analyze how humans are affected by a crash without anyone actually getting hurt.

Crash test engineers use a number of different crash test scenarios, but the most common two are the 35 mpg frontal impact and 35 mpg side impact crash tests.  The 35 mpg frontal impact test gives engineers a look at how a vehicle would hold up in a head on collision with either a stationary or moving object.  The 35 mpg side impact test gives engineers a look at how a vehicle reacts to being t-boned by oncoming traffic.


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