TMA Truck Safety

MoDOT has had many truck mounted attenuators (TMA) hits and the seat/seatbelt/cab area have had differing types of damage. This project would look to see if certain types of trucks, seats, and/or restraint combinations tend to keep the driver safer than others. This would most likely consist of computer modeling for at least the first phase since crash testing multiple configurations would be too costly. Efforts would be made to get information from manufacturers but likely that information would not be shared.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $249997
• Contract Numbers:

  TR202316

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Missouri Department of Transportation

  1617 Missouri Boulevard
  P.O. Box 270
  Jefferson City, MO  United States  65102
• Project Managers:

  Breeding, Scott

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Missouri, Columbia

  Department of Civil Engineering
  Columbia, MO  United States  65211
• Principal Investigators:

  Edara, Praveen

• Start Date: 20230809
• Expected Completion Date: 20250206
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Restraint systems; Safety; Seats; Truck crashes; Truck drivers; Truck mounted attenuators; Vehicle safety
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01913732
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Missouri Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: TR202316
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 4 2024 10:47AM