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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web Document 61: Improving the Compatibility of Vehicles and Roadside Safety Hardware examines current and future vehicle characteristics that are potentially incompatible with existing roadside safety hardware, assesses opportunities for and barriers to improved compatibility, and increases the vehicle and hardware manufacturers’ awareness of compatibility problems.

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2004. Improving the Compatibility of Vehicles and Roadside Safety Hardware. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/17607.

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8.5 x 11 |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/17607
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Improving the Compatibility of Vehicles and Roadside Safety Hardware 1-1
NCHRP Disclaimer 2-2
About the National Academies 3-3
Contents 4-5
Acknowledgements 6-6
Summary of Findings 7-9
Chapter 1: Introduction and Background 10-11
Chapter 2: Analysis of Real World Crash Information 12-59
Chapter 3: Assessment of Vehicle Characteristics 60-82
Chapter 4: Strategies to Improve Vehicle/Roadside Hardware Compatibility 83-106
Chapter 5: Conclusions and Future Research 107-113
Appendix A: NASS/CDS Cases 114-199
Appendix B: Vehicle Attributes 200-203
Appendix C: NASS Case Investigation Forms 204-246
Appendix D: Literature Review 247-259
Bibliography 260-263

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