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• Program matrix for highway safety research. (1970), by James C. Fell, S. N. Lee, and 30 Nov-18 Dec 1970 Highway Collision Investigation Training Program (page images at HathiTrust)
• Technological innovation in grade crossing protective systems. Technical report. (1971), by John B. Hopkins and M. E. Hazel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Experimental safety vehicle (phase two) developed by General Motors. Final report. (1972) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Experimental safety vehicle (family sedan). Final report. (1972) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Fairchild ESV family sedan - final report. Volume 1. (1972) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Fairchild ESV family sedan - final report. Volume 2. (1972) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Test and evaluation of the AMF, Inc. and Fairchild Industries experimental safety vehicles. Volume 1. ESV program summary. Final report. (1972) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Accident avoidance evaluation of General Motors experimental safety vehicle. Final report. (1973) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Experimental safety vehicle tradeoff and integration systems studies. Volume I - sections 1 through 5. Final report. (1973) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Experimental safety vehicle tradeoff and integration systems studies. Volume II - sections 6 through 12. Final report. (1973) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ford experimental safety vehicle. Final report. (1973) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analysis of problems on the application of radar sensors to automotive collision prevention. Final report. (1973), by L. E. Wood, Richard A. Chandler, and B. D. Warner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Accident avoidance evaluation of Ford experimental safety vehicle. Final report. (1973) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pedestrian safety for urban streets. Volume 2. Final report. (1972) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Collision avoidance radar braking systems investigation - phase I study. Final. (1974), by Richard E. Wong, D. V. Payne, W. O. Grierson, and W. C. Troll (page images at HathiTrust)
• Development of model regulations for pedestrian safety. Final report. (1974), by Richard D. Blomberg, A. Hale, and Edward F. Kearney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Collision avoidance radar braking system investigation (phase I). Final report. (1974), by G. Demos, S. Kazel, R. Carlson, O. J. Viergutz, D. Morita, and D. Lanera (page images at HathiTrust)
• An evaluation of the U.S. family sedan ESV project. Final report. (1974), by G. H. Alexander, R. D. Vergara, J. T. Herridge, W. Millicovsky, and M. R. Neale (page images at HathiTrust)
• Determination of motor vehicle characteristics affecting driver handling performance. Final report. (1975), by Gordon G. Hayes, Rodger J. Koppa, and J. T. White (page images at HathiTrust)
• Determination of motor vehicle characteristics affecting driver handling performance. Volume II - appendices. Final report. (1975), by Gordon G. Hayes, Rodger J. Koppa, and J. T. White (page images at HathiTrust)
• Determination of motor vehicle characteristics affecting driver handling performance. Volume I - technical report. Final report. (1975), by Gordon G. Hayes, Rodger J. Koppa, and J. T. White (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analysis of problems in the application of radar sensors to automotive collision prevention. Executive summary. Final report. (1975), by Richard A. Chandler, L. E. Wood, and L. A. Jacobson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analysis of problems in the application of radar sensors to automotive collision prevention. Final report. (1975), by Richard A. Chandler, L. E. Wood, and L. A. Jacobson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Multidisciplinary accident investigation. Final report. (1975), by Rudolf Limpert, V. Averett, and Franco E. Gamero (page images at HathiTrust)
• DRIVEM: driver-vehicle interaction effectiveness model. Final report. (1975), by P. A. Anderson, K. L. Curtner, and J. D. Wolf (page images at HathiTrust)
• Feasibility study of in-vehicle warning systems. Final report. (1975), by D. D. Peterson and D. S. Boyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Research safety vehicle. Phase I. Volume II. Program definition foundation. Final report. (1975), by D. Struble and G. Bradley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Research safety vehicle. Phase I. Volume III. Vehicle characterization and performance specification. Final report. (1975), by D. Struble and G. Bradley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Research safety vehicle (RSV). Phase I. Final report. Volume I. Introduction, executive summary. (1975) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Research safety vehicle (RSV). Phase I. Final report. Volume II. Automobile usage trends, accident factors. (1975) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Research safety vehicle (RSV). Phase I. Final report. Volume III. Vehicle characterization, performance specifications. (1975) (page images at HathiTrust)
• U.S. research safety vehicle (RSV). Phase I program. Volume I. Introduction and executive summary. Final report. (1975), by J. Andon, E. Dodson, Anil V. Khadilkar, R. Olson, L. Pauls, and W. Rup (page images at HathiTrust)
• U.S. research safety vehicle (RSV). Phase I program. Volume II. Program definition foundation. Final report. (1975), by J. Andon, E. Dodson, Anil V. Khadilkar, R. Olson, L. Pauls, and W. Rup (page images at HathiTrust)
• U.S. research safety vehicle (RSV). Phase I program. Volume III. RSV characteristics and performance specifications. Final report. (1975), by J. Andon, E. Dodson, Anil V. Khadilkar, R. Olson, L. Pauls, and W. Rup (page images at HathiTrust)
• School bus safety improvement program. Summary report. Final report. (1975), by Paul Boulay and S. Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tri-level study of the causes of traffic accidents: interim report II. (Volume II: radar and anti-lock braking payoff assessment.) Final report. (1975) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Research safety vehicle program (phase I) - volume III. RSV characterization and performance specification. Final technical report. (1975), by Patrick M. Miller, S. M. Pugliese, M. O. Ryder, Frank A. DuWaldt, and Sanborn W. Chesley (page images at HathiTrust)
• School bus safety improvement program. Volume II. Final report. (1975), by Paul Boulay and S. Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• School bus safety improvement program. Volume I. Final report. (1975), by Paul Boulay and S. Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Research safety vehicle - phase I. Volume 2 of 3. Final report. (1975) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Research safety vehicle - phase I. Volume 3 of 3. Final report. (1975) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Accident avoidance test report - Nissan and Toyota experimental safety vehicles. Final test report. (1975), by Paul Boulay and T. Macaulay (page images at HathiTrust)
• Testing of foreign prototype experimental safety vehicles. Program summary report. Final. (1975), by Paul Boulay, S. Davis, and N. Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guidelines for enhancement of visual conspicuity of trains at grade crossings. Final report. (1975), by John B. Hopkins and A. T. Newfell (page images at HathiTrust)
• State grade crossing programs; a case study. Final report. (1974), by Ralph G. Kennedy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Accident-avoidance capabilities of motorcycles - technical report. Final report. (1975), by R. S. Rice, J. A. Davis, and D. T. Kunkel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Accident avoidance skill training and performance testing. Final report. (1976), by G. Richard Hatterick and James R. Bathurst (page images at HathiTrust)
• Accident-avoidance capabilities of motorcycles - appendices. Final report. (1976), by R. S. Rice, J. A. Davis, and D. T. Kunkel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analysis of problems in the application of radar sensors to automotive collision prevention - phase III, volume II. Final report. (1976), by Richard A. Chandler and L. A. Jacobson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analysis of problems in the application of radar sensors to automotive collision prevention - phase III, volume I. Final report. (1976), by Richard A. Chandler and L. A. Jacobson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Collision avoidance radar braking systems investigation - phase II study. Volume I - summary report. Final. (1976), by Richard E. Wong, William R. Faris, W. O. Grierson, W. C. Troll, Y. M. Powell, and D. V. Payne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Collision avoidance radar braking systems investigation - phase II study. Volume II - technical report. Final. (1976), by Richard E. Wong, William R. Faris, W. O. Grierson, W. C. Troll, Y. M. Powell, and D. V. Payne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Accident avoidance capabilities of motorcycles - lane change maneuver simulation and full-scale tests. Final report. (1976), by R. S. Rice and D. T. Kunkel (page images at HathiTrust)
• An audible automobile back-up pedestrian warning device - development and evaluation. Final report. (1976), by R. Brown and L. C. Sutherland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Field test evaluation of rear lighting systems. Final report. (1978), by T. B. Malone, Mark Kirkpatrick, Jeffrey S. Kohl, and Clifford Baker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guidelines for enhancement of visual conspicuity of the trailing end of trains. Final report. (1974), by John B. Hopkins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Feasibility of developing training programs designed to improve deficient driver factors. Volume I: a review of existing data bases and recommendations for future data collection. Final report. (1979), by A. James McKnight and Rex D. Hume (page images at HathiTrust)
• Feasibility of developing training programs designed to improve deficient driver factors. Volume II: identifying accident avoidance behaviors: a guide for accident investigators. Final report. (1979), by A. James McKnight and Rex D. Hume (page images at HathiTrust)
• Collision avoidance radar braking systems investigation - phase III study. Final report. (1979), by William R. Faris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Collision avoidance radar braking systems investigation - phase III study, technical report. Final report. (1979), by William R. Faris, Carl P. Tresselt, and Henry C. Yee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Validation of the reduction of rear-end collisions by a high-mounted auxiliary stoplamp. Final report. (1980), by Raymond E. Reilly, David S. Kurke, and C. C. Buckenmaier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Accident avoidance capabilities of mopeds. Volume I: executive summary. Final report. (1980), by John W. Zellner and David H. Weir (page images at HathiTrust)
• Accident avoidance capabilities of mopeds. Volume II: technical report. Final report. (1980), by John W. Zellner and David H. Weir (page images at HathiTrust)
• Accident avoidance skill training. Final report. (1980), by James R. Bathurst (page images at HathiTrust)
• Statistical evaluation of the effectiveness of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108: Side Marker Lamps (Only). Final report. (1980), by Jim C. Knoop, Gaylord M. Northrop, and John T. Ball (page images at HathiTrust)
• A cost/benefit study of a potential automotive safety program on daylight running lights. Final report. (1981), by Charles H. Kaehn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Collision avoidance system cost-benefit analysis. Volume II: appendices A - E. Final report. (1982), by Anil V. Khadilkar, D. Redmond, and V. K. Ausherman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Collision avoidance system cost-benefit analysis. Volume III: appendices F - M. Final report. (1981), by Anil V. Khadilkar, D. Redmond, and V. K. Ausherman (page images at HathiTrust)
• A preliminary evaluation of two braking improvements for passenger cars - dual master cylinders and front disc brakes. (1983), by Charles Jesse Kahane (page images at HathiTrust)
• An evaluation of side marker lamps for cars, trucks and buses. (1983), by Charles Jesse Kahane (page images at HathiTrust)
• Assessment of driver inexperience with an automobile as a factor which contributes to highway accidents. Final report. (1984), by Paul Hoxie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analysis of man-in-the-loop performance measurement technology for crash avoidance research. Final report. (1984), by R. Wade Allen and David H. Weir (page images at HathiTrust)
• Research safety vehicle. Phase I. Volume III. Final report. (1975) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analytical modeling of driver response in crash avoidance maneuvering. Volume I: technical background. Final report. (1988), by R. Wade Allen, Theodore J. Rosenthal, and H. T. Szostak (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analytical modeling of driver response in crash avoidance maneuvering. Volume II: an interactive tire model for driver/vehicle simulation. Final report. (1988), by H. T. Szostak, R. Wade Allen, and Theodore J. Rosenthal (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analytical modeling of driver response in crash avoidance maneuvering. Volume III: a trim model and computer program for determining ground vehicle steady state operating conditions and quasilinear stability coefficients. Final report. (1988), by Theodore J. Rosenthal, R. Wade Allen, and H. T. Szostak (page images at HathiTrust)
• Analytical modeling of driver response in crash avoidance maneuvering. Volume IV: user's guide for linear analysis, nonlinear simulation, part task simulation. Final report. (1988), by Theodore J. Rosenthal, R. Wade Allen, and H. T. Szostak (page images at HathiTrust)
• An evaluation of center high mounted stop lamps based on 1987 data. (1989), by Charles Jesse Kahane (page images at HathiTrust)
• Field evaluation of a Nissan laser collision avoidance system. Final report. (1989), by A. C. Stein, D. Ziedman, and Zareh Parseghian (page images at HathiTrust)
• Safety of high speed guided ground transportation systems. Collision avoidance and accident survivability. Volume 4: proposed specification (1993), by Alan J. Bing (page images at HathiTrust)
• Backing crashes: problem size assessment and statistical description. (1994), by J.-S. Wang and R. R. Knipling (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lane change/merge crashes: problem size assessment and statistical description. (1994), by J.-S. Wang and R. R. Knipling (page images at HathiTrust)
• Assessment of IVHS countermeasures for collision avoidance: rear-end crashes. (1993), by R. R. Knipling, M. Mironer, Donald L. Hendricks, Louis Tijerina, Jeffrey H. Everson, J. C. Allen, and C. Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Examination of single vehicle roadway departure crashes and potential IVHS countermeasures. Final report. (1994), by M. Mironer and Donald L. Hendricks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Examination of unsignalized intersection, straight crossing path crashes and potential IVHS countermeasures. Final report. (1994), by John D. Chovan, Louis Tijerina, John A. Pierowicz, and Donald L. Hendricks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Examination of signalized intersection, straight crossing path crashes and potential IVHS countermeasures. Final report. (1994), by John D. Chovan, Louis Tijerina, John A. Pierowicz, and Donald L. Hendricks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Variable dynamic testbed vehicle study. Volume I: executive summary. Final report. (1994), by Alan T. Marriott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Variable dynamic testbed vehicle study. Volume II: technical results. Final report. (1994), by Alan T. Marriott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Variable dynamic testbed vehicle study. Volume III: appendixes. Final report. (1994), by Alan T. Marriott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Examination of intersection, left turn across path crashes and potential IVHS countermeasures. Final report. (1994), by John D. Chovan, Louis Tijerina, Jeffrey H. Everson, John A. Pierowicz, and Donald L. Hendricks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Examination of lane change crashes and potential IVHS countermeasures. Final report. (1994), by John D. Chovan, Louis Tijerina, Gerson J. Alexander, and Donald L. Hendricks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Examination of reduced visibility crashes and potential IVHS countermeasures. Final report. (1995), by Louis Tijerina, N. Browning, S. J. Mangold, E. F. Madigan, and John A. Pierowicz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preliminary human factors guidelines for crash avoidance warning devices. (1996), by Neil Lerner, B. M. Kotwal, R. D. Lyons, and Daryle Gardner-Bonneau (page images at HathiTrust)
• Invehicle Safety Advisory and Warning System (IVSAWS). Volume II: final report. (1996), by K. Shirkey, G. Mayhew, and B. Casella (page images at HathiTrust)
• Invehicle Safety Advisory and Warning System (IVSAWS). Volume III: appendixes A through H (reference materials). (1996), by K. Shirkey, G. Mayhew, and B. Casella (page images at HathiTrust)
• Invehicle Safety Advisory and Warning System (IVSAWS). Volume IV: appendixes I through K (reference materials). (1996), by K. Shirkey, G. Mayhew, and B. Casella (page images at HathiTrust)
• Comparison of older and younger driver responses to emergency driving events. Final report. (1995), by E. Kloeppel, R. D. Peters, C. James, J. E. Fox, and Elizabeth Alicandri (page images at HathiTrust)
• Invehicle Safety Advisory and Warning System (IVSAWS). Volume V: appendixes L through V (reference materials). Final report. (1996), by K. Shirkey, G. Mayhew, and B. Casella (page images at HathiTrust)
• Invehicle Safety Advisory and Warning System (IVSAWS). Volume I: executive summary. Final report. (1996), by K. Shirkey, G. Mayhew, and B. Casella (page images at HathiTrust)
• Run-off-road collision avoidance countermeasures using IVHS countermeasures. Task 1: final interim report. Volume 1: technical findings. Final report. (1994), by Donald L. Hendricks, Dean A. Pomerleau, and John A. Pierowicz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Run-off-road collision avoidance countermeasures using IVHS countermeasures. Task 1: final interim report. Volume 2: support volume. Final report. (1994), by Donald L. Hendricks, Dean A. Pomerleau, and John A. Pierowicz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Run-off-road collision avoidance countermeasures using IVHS countermeasures. Task 2: final interim report. Volume 1: technical findings. Final report. (1995), by John A. Pierowicz, Dean A. Pomerleau, Donald L. Hendricks, E. S. Bollman, and N. J. Schmitt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Run-off-road collision avoidance countermeasures using IVHS countermeasures. Task 2: final interim report. Volume 2: support data. Final report. (1995), by John A. Pierowicz, Dean A. Pomerleau, Donald L. Hendricks, E. S. Bollman, and N. J. Schmitt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Run-off-road collision avoidance countermeasures using IVHS countermeasures. Task 3: report. Volume 1. Final report. (1995), by Dean A. Pomerleau, P. Kumar, Jeffrey H. Everson, L. Lazofson, and E. Kopala (page images at HathiTrust)
• Run-off-road collision avoidance countermeasures using IVHS countermeasures. Task 3: report. Volume 2. Final report. (1995), by Louis Tijerina, J. L. Jackson, Dean A. Pomerleau, Richard Anthony Romano, and A. Perterson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Run-off-road collision avoidance countermeasures using IVHS countermeasures. Task 4: report. Volume 1. Final report. (1995), by Douglas B. Pape, Dean A. Pomerleau, V. Narendran, Jeffrey A. Hadden, Jeffrey H. Everson, and M. Koenig (page images at HathiTrust)
• Run-off-road collision avoidance countermeasures using IVHS countermeasures. Task 4: report. Volume 2: RORSIM manual. Final report. (1995), by M. Koenig, Douglas B. Pape, and Dean A. Pomerleau (page images at HathiTrust)
• Development of performance specifications for collision avoidance systems for lane change, merging, and backing. Task 5: crash countermeasure technology investigation. Interim report. (1996), by P. Moffa, J. Austin, G. S. Dow, I. Ikizyan, and M. Hibben (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reducing highway crashes through administrative license revocation. (1986) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Railroad horn systems research. (1999), by Amanda S. Rapoza, T. G. Raslear, and Edward J. Rickley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fatality reduction by safety belts for front-seat occupants of cars and light trucks: updated and expanded estimates based on 1986-99 FARS data. (2000), by Charles Jesse Kahane (page images at HathiTrust)
• Run-off-road collision avoidance using IVHS countermeasures. Task 6 supplemental report: computer simulation studies of countermeasure system effectiveness. (1999), by Dean A. Pomerleau and Jeffrey H. Everson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Run-off-road collision avoidance using IVHS countermeasures. Final report. (1999), by Dean A. Pomerleau and Jeffrey H. Everson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preliminary evaluation of the effectiveness of antilock brake systems for passenger cars. (1994), by Charles Jesse Kahane (page images at HathiTrust)
• Safety effectiveness of intersection left- and right-turn lanes. (Federal Highway Administration, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, McLean, Va., 2002), by Douglas W. Harwood, Karin M. Bauer, I. B. Potts, Darren J. Torbic, K. R. Richard, E. R. K. Rabbani, E. Hauer, and Lily Elefteriadou (page images at HathiTrust)
• Intelligent vehicle initiative: needs assessment. (1999) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Review and evaluation of factors that affect the frequency of red-light-running. (2001), by James A. Bonneson, Marcus Brewer, and K. Zimmerman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Development of test scenarios for off-roadway crash countermeasures based on crash statistics. (2002), by Wassim Najm, J. A. Koopmann, Linda Ng Boyle, and D. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• NHTSA light vehicle antilock brake system research program. Task 5, Part 1, Examination of drivers' collision avoidance behavior using conventional and antilock brake systems on the Iowa driving simulator. (2000), by Daniel V. McGehee, Elizabeth N. Mazzae, G. H. Scott Baldwin, Peter Grant, Carole J. Simmons, Jonathan M. Hankey, and Garrick Forkenbrock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Alert algorithm development program: NHTSA rear-end collision alert algorithm: final report. (2002), by S. J. Brunson, E. M. Kyle, N. C. Phamdo, and Gerard R. Preziotti (page images at HathiTrust)
• Automotive collision avoidance system field operational test: ACAS/FOT third annual report. (2003) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Automotive collision avoidance system field operational test: warning cue implementation summary report. (2002) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Enhanced rear lighting and signaling systems: literature review and analyses of alternate system concepts. (2003), by Suzanne E. Lee, Walter W. Wierwille, and Sheila G. Klauer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Forward collision warning requirements project: refining the CAMP crash alert timing approach by examining "last-second" braking and lane change maneuvers under various kinematic conditions. (2003), by Raymond J. Kiefer, M. T. Cassar, Carol A. C. Flannagan, David J. LeBlanc, Mervin D. Palmer, Richard K. Deering, and M. A. Shulman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Automotive collision avoidance system field operational test: phase I interim report. (2002) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of rear window defrosting and defogging systems. (2004), by C. Morgan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Enhanced rear lighting and signaling systems task 2 report: testing and optimization of high-level and stopped/slowly-moving vehicle rear signaling systems. (2003), by Walter W. Wierwille, Suzanne E. Lee, and Maryanne C. DeHart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Development of crash imminent test scenarios for Integrated Vehicle Based Safety Systems (IVBSS) (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2007), by Wassim Najm, John D. Smith, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.), and United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (page images at HathiTrust)

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