Research

Collision Safety Engineering Publications

Collision Safety Engineering has a long tradition of publishing research in areas of accident recontruction procedures and technologies, occupant kinematics analysis, vehicle crashworthiness design and occupant injuries. Many of these papers have been selected by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) for their annual “SAE Transactions” references volumes and for numerous other compilations of research. CSE authors were presented with the Ralph Isbrandt award for the best paper on automotive safety in 1984 and again in 2007.

Deceleration Testing on Various Driving Surfaces for Off-Road Vehicle Operation

SAE #2025-01-8704

Authors

Grant Swensen
Wyatt Warner
Mark H. Warner

Dynamic Testing and Analysis of Autocycle Vehicles for Accident Reconstruction

SAE #2025-01-8687

Authors

Wyatt Warner
Grant Swensen
Mark H. Warner

A Chronology of Research and Events To-Date Significant to Occupant Protection in Rear-End Automobile Impacts

SAE #2025-01-8725

Authors

Wyatt Y. Warner

Rollover Protection Structure – Gouge and Scratch Analysis in Rollover Crashes

SAE #2024-01-2466

Authors

Mark H. Warner
Grant Swensen
Wyatt Y. Warner

Acceleration Performance Data of Mountain Snowmobiles

SAE #2023-01-0615

Authors

Wyatt Warner
Mark H. Warner

Dynamic Testing and Modeling of a Variable Stiffness Seatback

SAE #2023-01-0648

Authors

Wyatt Warner
Mark H. Warner

Development of a Variable Stiffness Seatback

SAE #2022-01-0858

Authors

Wyatt Y. Warner
Mark H. Warner

Accident Reconstruction Techniques for Narrow Object Impacts to the Rear-End of Passenger Cars

Masters Thesis released by The Department ofMechanical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, July, 2005

Authors

Ronald P. Nordhagen

What Can a Truck Tell You? Information Contained on Heavy Vehicle Event Data Recorders

Presented to the Nevada State Bar on September 16, 2011

Reconstructing Vehicle and Occupant Motion from EDR Data in High Yaw Velocity Crashes

SAE #2021-01-0892

Authors

Gregory C. Smith

Graphical Solution of Reconstruction Equations

AAAM 27th Annual Proceedings, October 3-6, 1983.

Authors

Gregory C. Smith

Development of a Computer Graphics Package for Displaying Static and Dynamic Analysis of Frame Structures

SAE #840741

Authors

S. E. Benzley
M. B. Stephenson
R. J. Balling
D. O. Anderson
C. Y. Warner

Design, Development and Testing of a Load-Sensing Crash Dummy Face

SAE #840397

Authors

James R. Moulton
Charles Y. Warner
Hugo Mellander

The VTS Single-Vehicle Trajectory Simulation

SAE #850252

Authors

Dale O. Anderson
Ronald L. Woolley
Melaney D. Tagg
Charles Y. Warner

Inaccuracies in the CRASH3 Program

SAE #850255

Authors

Ronald L. Woolley
Charles Y. Warner
Melaney D. Tagg

Abdomen and Safety Belt Function

Anatomy, Types and mechanisms of Injury, Tolerance Criteria and Limits, and Injury Factors, from Biomechanics of Impact Trauma, AAAM Seminar, Captiva, Florida, April 17, 1985.

Authors

Charles Y. Warner

Velocity Histories as an Accident Reconstruction Tool

SAE #850249

Authors

Charles E. Strother

The ‘IMPAC’ Computer Program for Accident Reconstruction

SAE #850254

Authors

Ronald L. Woolley

A Load Sensing Face for Automotive Crash Dummy Instrumentation

SAE #860197

Authors

Charles Y. Warner
Milton G. Wille
Steven R. Brown
Stefan Nilsson
Hugo Mellander
Magnus Koch

A Repeated Crash Test Technique for Assessment of Structural Impact Behavior

SAE #860208

Authors

Charles Y. Warner
Douglas L. Allsop
Geoff J. Germane

An Introduction to Crash Dynamics and Crash Severity Assessment

AAAM, Captiva Island, Florida, May 14-16, 1986.

Authors

Donald E. Struble

The ‘IMPAC’ Program for Collision Analysis

SAE #870046

Authors

Ronald L. Woolley

Generalizing CRASH3 for Reconstructing Specific Accidents

SAE #870041

Authors

Donald E. Struble

Facial Impact Response—A Comparison of the Hybrid III Dummy and Human Cadaver

SAE #881719

Authors

Douglas “L” Allsop
Charles Y. Warner
Milton G. Wille
Dennis C. Schneider
Alan M. Nahum

A Case Comparison of Single-Image Photogrammetry Methods

SAE #890737

Authors

Gregory C. Smith
Douglas L. Allsop

Application of Kinematic Concepts to Side Impact Injury Analysis

SAE #900375

Authors

Charles Y. Warner
Charles E. Strother
Ronald L. Woolley

An Improvised Integrated Simulation Model for Side Impact Countermeasure Design

SAE #920355

Authors

Donald E. Struble
Tim A. Piganell

Discussion of ‘Photogrammetry for Documentation of Vehicle Deformations—A Tool in a System for Advanced Accident Data Collection’

36th Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Portland, Oregon, October 5-7, 1992.

Authors

Gregory C. Smith

Photogrammetry and Accident Reconstruction: Experimental Results

SAE #940925

Authors

Nicholas S. Tumbas
J. Rolly Kinney
Gregory C. Smith

Conservation of Momentum Analysis of Two-Dimensional Colliding Bodies, With or Without Trailers

SAE #940566

Authors

Gregory C. Smith

Effect of Seat Stiffness in Out-of-Position Response in Rear End Collisions

SAE #962434

Authors

Brent R. Benson
Gregory C. Smith
Richard Kent
Charles R. Monson

Usage and Effectiveness of Rear-Seat Belt Restraints in Severe Frontal Crashes

PROCEEDINGS OF 30TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND AUTOMATION, FLORENCE, ITALY, JUNE 1997

Authors

Charles Y. Warner
Uwe Meissner
Richard Bandstra
Jeya Padmanaban

Wooden Pole Fracture Energy in Vehicle Impacts

SAE #980214

Authors

Richard W. Kent
Charles E. Strother

Estimating Vehicle Deformation Energy for Vehicles Struck in the Side

SAE #980215

Authors

Charles E. Strother
Richard W. Kent
Charles Y. Warner

Pulse Shape and Duration in Frontal Crashes

SAE #2007-01-0724

Authors

Charles Y. Warner
Mark H. Warner
Charles L. Crosby
Michael J. Armstrong

Roadway Damage Force Analysis for Accident Reconstruction

SAE #2008-01-0173

Authors

Mark H. Warner
Charles Y. Warner
Charles L. Crosby

Derivation of Vehicle-to-Vehicle Frontal Crash Pulse Estimates from Barrier Crash Data

SAE #2008-01-0174

Authors

Charles L. Crosby
Charles Y. Warner
Mark H. Warner
Richard Galati

Fatal and Severe Injuries in Rear Impact: Seat Stiffness in Recent Field Accident Data

SAE #2008-01-0193

Authors

Mark H. Warner
Charles Y. Warner

ATV Rollover Resistance: Testing of Side-by-Side ATV Rollover Initiations

SAE #2010-01-0522

Authors

Mark H. Warner

Roadway Asphalt Damage Analysis: Dynamic Evaluation of Gouge Forces

SAE #2010-01-0047

Authors

Charles L. Crosby
Mark H. Warner

Carbon Monoxide Density Pattern Mapping from Recreational Boat Testing

SAE #2018-10-04

Authors

Mark H. Warner

The Accuracy and Usefulness of SMAC

SAE #780902

Authors

Thomas R. Perl
Charles Y. Warner

Some Improvements to SMAC Program

ISATA 1980

Authors

Dale O. Anderson
Charles Y. Warner

Improvements to the SMAC Program

SAE #830610

Authors

Thomas R. Perl
Dale O. Anderson
Charles Y. Warner

An Overview of Selected Computer Programs for Automotive Accident Reconstruction

Transportation Research Board 65th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 1986.

Authors

Thomas R. Perl

Interrelationship of Velocity and Chest Compression in Blunt Thoracic Impact to SWINE II

SAE #861881

Authors

Charles K. Kroell
Stanley D. Allen
Charles Y. Warner
Thomas R. Perl

Deformable Load Sensing Hybrid III Face

SAE #892427

Authors

Thomas R. Perl
Stefan Nilsson
Ingrid Planath
Milton G. Wille

Force/Deflection and Fracture Characteristics of the Temporo-Parietal Region of the Human Head

SAE #912907

Authors

Douglas “L”, Allsop
Thomas R. Perl
Charles Y. Warner

Lateral Load Sensing Hybrid III Head

SAE #912908

Authors

Brent R. Benson
Thomas R. Perl
Gregory C. Smith
Ingrid Planath

Occupant Protection in Rear-End Collisions: I. Safety Priorities and Seat Belt Effectiveness

SAE #912913

Authors

Michael B. James
Charles E. Strother
Charles Y. Warner
Robin L. Decker
Thomas R. Perl

Seat Belt Survey: Identification and Assessment of Non-Collision Markings

SAE #1999-01-0441

Authors

Richard W. Kent

Accident Reconstruction for Rear Pole Impacts of Passenger Cars

SAE #2006-01-0899

Authors

Ronald P. Nordhagen
Mark H. Warner
Thomas R. Perl
Richard W. Kent

Development of Pole Impact Testing at Multiple Vehicle Side Locations as Applied to the Ford Taurus Structural Platform

SAE #2006-01-0062

Authors

Mark H. Warner
Ronald P. Nordhagen

Rear Pole Impacts of Passenger Cars

Accident Reconstruction Journal, Vol. 16, No. 6, November/December 2006.

Authors

Ronald P. Nordhagen

The Hybrid III dummy as a discriminator of injurious and non-injurious restraint loading

47th ANNUAL PROCEEDINGS ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINELisbon, Portugal, September 22-24, 2003

Authors

Richard W. Kent
Nathan Benson

Load Path Considerations for Side Crash Compatibility

SAE 2007-01-1176

Authors

Charles Y. Warner
Mark H. Warner
Nathan H. Benson

Friction Applications in Accident Reconstruction

SAE #830612

Authors

Charles Y. Warner
Gregory C. Smith
Michael B. James
Geoff J. Germane

Injury and Intrusion in Side Impacts and Rollovers

SAE #840403

Authors

Charles E. Strother
Gregory C. Smith
Michael B. James
Charles Y. Warner

A Perspective on Automobile Crash Fires

SAE #850092

Authors

Charles Y. Warner
Michael B. James
Ronald L. Woolley

Crush Energy in Accident Reconstruction

SAE #860371

Authors

Charles E. Strother
Ronald L. Woolley
Michael B. James
Charles Y. Warner

Evaluation of Seat Back Strength and Seat Belt Effectiveness in Rear End Impacts

SAE #872214

Authors

Charles E. Strother
Michael B. James

Frontal Crush Energy and Impulse Analysis of Narrow Object Impacts

ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, December 13-18, 1987.

Authors

Donald E. Struble

Crash Protection in Near-Side Impact – Advantages of a Supplemental Inflatable Restraint

SAE #890602

Authors

Charles Y. Warner
Charles E. Strother
Michael B. James
Donald E. Struble
Timothy P. Egbert

A Perspective on Side Impact Occupant Crash Protection

SAE #900373

Authors

Charles E. Strother

The Assessment of the Societal Benefit of Side Impact Protection

SAE #900379

Authors

Charles E. Strother
Charles Y. Warner
Ronald L. Woolley
Michael B. James

A Comparison Between NHTSA Crash Data and CRASH3 Frontal Stiffness Coefficients

SAE #900101

Authors

Charles E. Strother
Ronald L. Woolley
Michael B. James

Rear Stiffness Coefficients Derived from Barrier Test Data

SAE #910120

Authors

Ronald L. Woolley
Charles E. Strother
Michael B. James

Occupant Protection in Rear-End Collisions: II. The Role of Seat Back Deformation in Injury Reduction

SAE #912914

Authors

Charles Y. Warner
Charles E. Stother
Michael B. James
Robin L. Decker

Inertial Seatbelt Release

SAE #930641

Authors

Michael B. James
Douglas “L” Allsop
Thomas R. Perl
Donald E. Struble

Response of Out-of-Position Dummies in Rear Impact

SAE #941055

Authors

Charles E. Strother
Michael B. James
John J. Gordon

Injury Mechanisms and Field Accident Data Analysis in Rollover Accidents

SAE #970396

Authors

Michael B. James
Douglas “L” Allsop
Ronald P. Nordhagen
Robin L. Decker

Limitations of ATB/CVS as an Accident ReconstructionTool

SAE #971045

Authors

Michael B. James
Ronald P. Nordhagen
Charles Y. Warner
Douglas “L” Allsop
Thomas R. Perl

High Speed Rear Impact Cases in the National Accident Sampling System

SAE High Speed Rear Impact Toptec

Authors

Michael B. James

Severe and Fatal Injuries in Rear Impacts

41st Annual Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Orlando, Florida, November 10-11, 1997.

Authors

Charles Y. Warner

Seat Design and Occupant Protection in Rear-Impacted Vehicles

“Automotive Ergonomics and Safety” - 31st International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation Conference, Dusseldorf, Germany, June 2-5, 1998.

Authors

Ronald P. Nordhagen

Residual Crush and Delta-V as Post-Collision Evaluators of Airbag System Performance

“Automotive Ergonomics and Safety” - 32nd International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation Conference, Vienna, Austria, June 18-21, 1999.