Ambulance Modular Body Evaluation-Quasi-Static Loading for Type I and Type III Modular Ambulance Bodies J3057_201702

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4271/J3057_201702

Issuing Committee: Truck Crashworthiness Committee

Publisher: SAE International

Pages: 9

Rationale: This SAE Recommended Practice was developed by members of the SAE Truck Crashworthiness Committee in support of the ambulance industry’s need to apply science to the design and testing of the ambulance Modular Body for Type I, Type I-AD, Type III, and Type III-AD bodies. The Recommended Practice was validated collaboratively by industry and government partners through extensive testing funded and managed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the Department of Homeland Security and the Ambulance Manufacturers Division of the NTEA. An independent analysis of the testing methodology and resulting data was performed by government and private members of the automotive and commercial vehicle testing community.