EUROPEAN VIEW OF THE PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT SITUATION

In 1980 the European Experimental Vehicle Committee set up a working group to study "Pedestrian Injury Accidents". The report made by this group which is summarized in this paper gives the importance of pedestrian accidents especially for children and for elderly people, analyzes the influence of the vehicle on injuries and on kinematics, from which are proposed improvements of cars for injury reduction, proposes criteria for evaluation of pedestrian safety, based on human tolerance, and discusses the several methods for simulation of pedestrian accidents. This report concludes with priorities for action and several recommendation for future research.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Pedestrian Impact Injury & Assessment P-121. International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 28-March 4, 1983.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

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• Authors:
  • Saint Martin, J M
• Publication Date: 1983-4

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 7-9
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Society of Automotive Engineers, Incorporated
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Children; Injuries; Kinematics; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Research; Simulation; Strategic planning; Vehicle design
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00376682
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 830048, HS-034 535
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 30 1983 12:00AM