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Annual ARC-CSI Crash Conference

For up to date information regarding the ARC-CSI Crash Conference, please visit www.crashconferences.com

ARC -CSI Crash Conference 2007 - June4-7, 2007
The 2007 ARC-CSI Crash Conference was attended by more than 250 professionals from around the world. The conference featured four fully instrumented and documented crash tests at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and 15 industry experts spoke on various topics, most of which related directly to the crash testing. In addition, this year we held two workshops that focused on using the information obtained during the crash testing and integrating it with real-world accident reconstruction techniques. The crash testing was conducted at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and all conference presentations were held at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino.

ARC -CSI Crash Conference 2006 - June5-8, 2006
The crash tests performed for the 2006 ARC-CSI Conference largely mirrored the conference presentations including curb strikes, crashes with multiple impacts (secondary contacts were included in a momentum analysis) and significant closing speed crashes causing the "2 in three out" crash which makes finding departure angles all the more challenging. On top of that, we had not one but two crashes with full scale Class A motorhomes!! As usual, all the crashes were instrumented with lab grade accelerometers and, where appropriate roll rate and yaw rate sensors for new CDR related data.

ARC -CSI Crash Conference 2005 - June 7-10, 2005
The focus this year was on pedestrian, car-to-car crash tests, multi-vehicle crashes, child safety seats, commercial vehicle testing, event data recorders (CDR), air bag deployment and damage and energy. The crash testing was performed at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and all conference presentations were held at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino.

ARC-CSI Crash Conference 2004 - June 21-24, 2004
The focus of this year's conference will be on the relationship between damage and energy to include crush measuring techniques and barrier equivalencies and delta-V. The full scale crash tests planned will benefit those in attendance by offering them an opportunity to better recognize the differences as well as comparative similarities between these quantities as well as offer opportunities to explore crush measurement techniques and technologies.

ARC-CSI Crash Conference 2003 - June 9-12, 2003
The 2003 ARC-CSI Crash Conference focused on biomechanics, car-to-car crash tests, commercial vehicle testing, event data recorders (CDR), airborne events, crush, NHTSA crash test data, and human surrogate testing. The crash testing was performed at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and all conference presentations were held at the Palace Station Hotel and Casino.

ARC-CSI Crash Conference 2002 - August 18-21, 2002
This was the first annual ARC-CSI Crash Conference. Visit this link to learn more about the crash conference and view pictures and video from the crash test.

All ARC-CSI Crash Conference CD's are available for sale
www.crashconferences.com

Crash Test Videos:

More videos found in the Member's Only section

AIRBAG: Static Deployment Test (Quicktime Video 324KB)

AIRBAG: Female 5th Percentile Test (Quicktime Video 310KB)

AIRBAG: Rear Facing Infant Seat Test (Quicktime Video 217KB)

5mph Bumper Test (Quicktime Video 428KB)

BMW Head Protection System Testing (Quicktime Video 1,844KB)

Failure Analysis Crash Facility (Quicktime Video 1,122KB)

Offset Crash Test (Quicktime Video 437KB)

Motorcycle Fall: This is a video clip we received by email. It is not often when we catch a human going over the handlebars of a motorcycle. This is not meant to be funny, but to illustrate the dynamics of human movement in a less-than-fortunate situation. The video clip in not owned by the ARC Network.
Download in mpeg format (approx. 528k): Download

Pedestrian Hit: This is a video clip we received by email. This video clip shows a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle. We are not sure if this video was staged or simply "caught on tape". This is not meant to be funny, but to illustrate the dynamics of human movement in a less-than-fortunate situation. The video clip in not owned by the ARC Network. Download in mpeg format (approx. 3 megs): Download

Vehicle Ratings

• Insurance Institute of Highway Safety Vehicle Ratings
• NHTSA Rollover and Vehicle Ratings or Review NHTSA FAQ's

Other Crash Test Information

New NHTSA Crash Test Results for Model Year 2000 Passenger Cars Now Available on World Wide Web

Lawyers & Judges Crash Test: The ARC Network has compiled the data a produced video segments of the crash test that was held on October 22, 1999 in Scottsdale, AZ.

ARC Network Crash Test: ARC Network Completes First Crash Test for an Upcoming Discovery Channel Special

NHTSA Crash Tests: This is a searchable database of crash test information for cars, trucks, SUV's and vans.

National Crash Analysis Center: This is located at George Washington University. The FHWA/NHTSA National Crash Analysis Center is a federally funded research center concentrating in vehicle crashworthiness research.