Vehicle design and operation for pedestrian protection: accident simulations and reconstructions
This report details the reconstruction of impacts between pedestrians and cars. The principal aim of performing the reconstructions was to examine how injuries sustained by pedestrians in real life relate to the results of reconstruction tests that used the impactors designated by the European Enhanced Vehicle-safety Committee (EEVC) for assessing pedestrian protection. The main finding was that the head impact test designated by the EEVC is a sound predictor for severe head injury in actual pedestrian collisions, as measured by the Abbreviated Injury Scale.
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Availability:
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Supplemental Notes:
- Commissioned report by Road Accident Research Unit Adelaide University
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Corporate Authors:
Australia. Department of Transport and Regional Services
Canberra, ACT -
Authors:
- Anderson, R
- Streeter, L
- Ponte, G
- Van de Griend, M
- McLean, J
- Publication Date: 2003
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 1 CD ROM
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Serial:
- Issue Number: 1
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Crash reconstruction; Forecasting; Head; Highway safety; Injury causes; Pedestrians; Traffic crashes
- ATRI Terms: Crash investigation; Crash reconstruction; Forecast; Head; Injury cause; Pedestrian; Road safety; Traffic crash
- Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01444092
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- ISBN: 0642502366
- Files: ATRI
- Created Date: Aug 27 2012 12:14PM