Links to other useful sites
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Here is the list (so far) of data resources on the Internet - to
list other data would be really silly! Please details of any other sites.
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| Data
title |
Vehicle
(mainly those sold in the UK) specifications |
| Category(s) |
 Data
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| Author
/ Company |
UK CAR |
| County
of origin |
UK |
| Operating
System |
On the Internet |
| Cost |
Free |
| Contact |
 http://www.ukcar.com/carspecs.html |
| Demo |
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| Details of program |
This site has specifications
for [apparently] over 23,000 vehicles. |
| Review |
How accurate this data
is I really can't say. However, for most vehicles you can get:
Cost New
Produced from and to dates
Service Interval
Service Interval
Insurance Group
Safety Rating
Engine type
BHP
CC
Fuel Inj. [yes/no] |
Number of cylinders
Number of Camshafts
Valves per cylinder
Compressor
Top Speed
0 to 60
BHP per Tonne
MPG - Urban
MPG - Cruise
MPG - Speed |
Fuel Type
Kerb Weight
Tow Weight
Length
Width
Height
Boot capacity seats up
Boot capacity seats down
Number of seats |
And I highly recommend using the "Click here for a Printable
set of Specifications" option |
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| Data
title |
Canadian
Vehicle Specification System |
| Category(s) |
Data
|
| Author
/ Company |
Collision
Investigation Division of Transport Canada's Road Safety and
Motor Vehicle Regulation Directorate. |
| County
of origin |
Canada |
| Operating
System |
Windows |
| Cost |
Free download |
| Contact |
Available direct from this site:
This is a program compiled
by the Collision Investigation Division of Transport Canada's
Road Safety and Motor Vehicle Regulation Directorate. Within
it you will find various dimensions etc. for vehicles found
in Canada and North America. Many of these are available
across the world so regardless of your location if you need
vehicle specifications you should find it useful.
To install the package, run the program cvs20052.exe. This
setup program is a self-extracting WinZip file which, by
default, will install CVS in the sub-directory c:\Program
Files\WinSpecs. The installation program will provide the
user with the option to specify an alternative working directory.
If the directory already exists, by default, the old files
within will be overwritten.
You can get the file by clicking
here. (1.5mb) |
| Demo |
N/A |
| Details of program |
Various specifications
for Canadian vehicles (many of course found elsewhere in the
world) from 1971 to the present day. |
| Review |
Very useful database. |
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| Data
title |
Highway
Sign Symbols For Autosketch |
| Category(s) |
Data
|
| Author
/ Company |
Jim Mitchell |
| County
of origin |
Canada |
| Operating
System |
Requires
Autosketch |
| Cost |
Free |
| Contact |
 http://www.catair.net
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| Demo |
N/A |
| Details of program |
A large group of traffic
sign symbols that he has put together in the Autosketch .skd
format. When expanded, there are 91 sign symbols which require
approximately 2mb of drive space. |
| Review |
Please
if you have some information or can review this data. |
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| Data
title |
- Vehicle Performance Data
- Vehicle Interchange List (Free download)
- Vehicle Interchange List (Sisters and Clones)
- Vehicle Physical Properties
- Crush Stiffness Coefficients (US$50 per data file)
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| Category(s) |
Data
|
| Author
/ Company |
 |
| County
of origin |
US |
| Operating
System |
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| Cost |
As above |
| Contact |
http://www.neptuneeng.com |
| Demo |
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| Details of program |
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| Review |
With thanks to David
Eisenbeisz, Krueper Engineering and Associates, Inc. [UK]
" Neptune Engineering has a nice and professionally put together
website that offers some very useful info for the accident investigator. Personally,
I use the Vehicle Interchange List (Sisters and Clones) on about 75% of the
cases I work on to determine what other names a particular vehicle may be
known as. This is particularly useful when searching government databases
for crash test data (or recalls, defects, TSB's, etc.) because often a manufacturer
will crash some of one type and some of another type of the same vehicle.
For example, a Nissan Quest minivan (manufactured by Ford Motor Company) is
also known as a Mercury Villager for the years 1993-2000. This allows one
to search for crash tests of either vehicle and be relatively confident that
they are structurally identical. I have not used the vehicle stiffness parameter
service and do not know how reliable it is. There are also several SAE technical
papers offered on the site (no charge) that give a fairly comprehensive perspective
on vehicle damage analysis."
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| Data
title |
DATABASES:-
- Fatality analysis reporting system
- National automotive sampling system general estimates
system
- National automotive sampling system crashworthiness data
system
- Special crash investigations
- Crash outcome data evaluation system
AVAILABLE INFORMATION :-
- Traffic safety facts 1996
- Traffic safety facts overview
- Fact sheets
- Reports and research notes
- Minimum standard crash data reporting
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| Category(s) |
Data
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| Author
/ Company |
 NCSA (National Centre for Statistical
Analysis) |
| County
of origin |
US government
department |
| Operating
System |
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| Cost |
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| Contact |
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/ncsa |
| Demo |
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| Details of data |
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| Review |
This data is not easy
to get at - so can I suggest that if you intend to access the
Crash Test DataBase you point your browser at Thomas Langley's
guide to it's use at http://tarorigin.com/art/tlangley. |
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| Data
title |
V.I. Roadsigns |
| Category(s) |
Data
|
| Author
/ Company |
Visual Inspirations
Inc.(but by Merlin's Jose Burgos) |
| County
of origin |
USA |
| Operating
System |
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| Cost |
$49.95 (Sale
price quoted as at 18th March 2000) |
| Contact |
http://www.vionline.com/merlin/rdsign.html
or by E-Mail to visual@vionline.com |
| Demo |
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| Details of data |
A selection of US
road signs - Apparently in the format of "3D LightWave"
- but I don't know what that is!! |
| Review |
Please
if you have some information or can review this data. |
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| Data
title |
CCD Traffic
Symbols |
| Category(s) |
Data
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| Author
/ Company |
Mike Reade (CCD) |
| County
of origin |
USA |
| Operating
System |
These are
in AutoSketch Release 2.1 and Version 6.0 formats |
| Cost |
US$150 US
[INCR members can
get them at the reduced rate of US$80 US + S&H] |
| Contact |
http://www.frsi.ca/CCDSymbols.htm |
| Demo |
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| Details of data |
Numerous traffic symbols,
cars, commercial vehicles, street signs. When expanded the volumes
together amount to 7.4 mb of files! |
| Review |
Please
if you have some information or can review this data. |
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| Data
title |
dataSketch |
| Category(s) |
Data
|
| Author
/ Company |
dataSketch Law Enforcement Software |
| County
of origin |
USA |
| Operating
System |
|
| Cost |
US$249 (US$125
upgrade) |
| Contact |
http://www.datasketch.com/ |
| Demo |
Samples available as
a screen shot. |
| Details of data |
Various scene and symbol
libraries for AutoSketch, Visual CADD, DXF and Generic CADD.
All US, for example 97 regulatory, 75 warning signs and 406
vehicles + many many more. |
| Review |
Please
if you have some information or can review this data. |
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| Data
title |
SAE (American
Society of Automotive Engineers) papers and others on CD-ROM |
| Category(s) |
Data
|
| Author
/ Company |
American
Technical Publishers Ltd |
| County
of origin |
UK |
| Operating
System |
386 PC Running
Windows 3.1 or later, 2.0 mb hard disk... |
| Cost |
Depends
on what you are buying |
| Contact |
http://www.ameritech.co.uk |
| Demo |
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| Details of data |
5000+ technical books
on CD-ROM |
| Review |
With
thanks to Wade Bartlett [USA]
"I have owned the latest version for a few years now
and find it to be of inestimable value for research and for
checking out other people's references...Loads of great papers
on reconstruction topics....I have recently also added the
STAPP and OCCUPANT PROTECTION CD sets, which are of lesser
value to me, but still often useful. Money well spent." |
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| Data
title |
LGV Deceleration
Rates |
| Category(s) |
Data
|
| Author
/ Company |
Paper by
John Newby |
| County
of origin |
UK |
| Operating
System |
N/A |
| Cost |
Free from
the ITAI web site |
| Contact |
http://www.itai.org/LGV%20Tests.htm |
| Demo |
N/A |
| Details of data |
Results of controlled
decelerations using a variety of goods vehicles to establish
criteria for describing the manner of deceleration when examining
tachograph charts from vehicles involved in traffic accidents.
This was not intended as a test of vehicle dynamics, but a test
of driver perception in relation to gentle, normal and heavy
braking.
Also further tests in relation to the skidding of goods vehicles
for use during the mathematical investigation of traffic accidents
were carried out. |
| Review |
The data's there if
you need it! |
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| Data
title |
Expert AutoStats |
| Category(s) |
Data
|
| Author
/ Company |
4N6XPRT
Systems |
| County
of origin |
USA |
| Operating
System |
DOS + |
| Cost |
US$495 |
| Contact |
http://www.4n6xprt.com |
| Demo |
http://www.4n6xprt.com/4n6autst.html |
| Details of data |
This is a database of
over 25,000 cars, vans etc. giving their dimensions |
| Review |
This is a DOS program,
it runs fine in Windows but has limitations. I'd like to see
drop down boxes and the like for ease of operation. The programmers
must consider that pressing [C]ontine; [B]ack etc. is rather
tedious in this age! The demo lists available data then refuses
to display it! I wasn't impressed. For nearly $500 I'd expect
a lot more... |
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