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- Cutaway View of the Liberty Mutual Survival Car I, circa 1956 - The 1957 Cornell-Liberty Safety Car packaged drivers and passengers to prevent injury. "Packaging the passenger" included padded dashboards, safety door locks, steering handles, and bucket seats among the many safety concepts. These safety features came from years of crash testing and research.
- circa 1956
- Collections - Artifact
Cutaway View of the Liberty Mutual Survival Car I, circa 1956
The 1957 Cornell-Liberty Safety Car packaged drivers and passengers to prevent injury. "Packaging the passenger" included padded dashboards, safety door locks, steering handles, and bucket seats among the many safety concepts. These safety features came from years of crash testing and research.
- "Automobile Crash Safety Research," 1953 - The Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory did some of the earliest crash testing in the country -- first with airplanes during World War II, then cars. It collected data using electronic instruments and high-speed movie cameras and analyzed the crashes in slow motion. This 1953 report sponsored by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company illustrates some of their findings.
- December 31, 1953
- Collections - Artifact
"Automobile Crash Safety Research," 1953
The Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory did some of the earliest crash testing in the country -- first with airplanes during World War II, then cars. It collected data using electronic instruments and high-speed movie cameras and analyzed the crashes in slow motion. This 1953 report sponsored by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company illustrates some of their findings.