EUROPEAN NEW CAR ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME (EURONCAP) - ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL AND BIOMECHANICAL LIMITS

This protocol was developed jointly by TRL and Vehicle Safety Consultants Ltd under contract to the UK Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions and International Testing respectively. The EuroNCAP principles are laid out. Frontal impact assessment criteria and limit values, frontal impact modifiers, side impact assessment criteria and limit values, side impact modifiers, pedestrian impact assessment criteria and limit values, visual presentation of test results, overall assessments, concepts behind the assessments, and child dummy assessment criteria and limit values are described. Appendix 1 provides graphical limits for cumulative exceedance parameters.

• Corporate Authors:

  TRL

  Crowthorne House, Nine Mile Ride
  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom  RG40 3GA
• Authors:
  • HOBBS, C A
  • GLOYNS, P F
  • RATTENBURY, S J
• Publication Date: 1999-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 31 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anthropometry; Biophysics; Children; Crash severity; Crash tests; Design; Dummies; Evaluation and assessment; Frontal crashes; Injuries; Injury severity; Pedestrians; Side crashes; Test procedures; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Offset impact test
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• ITRD Terms: 1618: Anthropometric dummy; 2060: Biomechanics; 1758: Child; 9011: Design (overall design); 8034: Europe; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 1640: Head on collision; 1648: Impact test (crash); 2163: Injury; 1733: Pedestrian; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 1630: Side impact; 6288: Test method; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Design; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00988484
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Apr 4 2005 12:00AM