CALCULATION OF ACCIDENT SEVERITY IN PEDESTRIAN/VEHICULAR IMPACT TESTS

BERECHUNG DER UNFALLSUCHWERE IN EXPERIMENTELLEN FUSSGAENGER-FAHRZEUG-UNFAELLEN

For the improvement of the car front as the main contact zone between man and vehicle, the effects of changes or improvements have to be examined and judged concerning the severity of impacts in crash tests. Certain criteria which have been derived from biomechanical research and from comparison with real accidents allow to assess the equivalent injury severity (eis) from the measurements using anthropometric dummies. The influences of different geometrical design parameters on the severity of impacts can be studied through special test equipment using a vehicle with a changeable front section. From the test results tendencies become evident for improving the car front, in fact to lower the risk of pedestrians being severely injured in a vehicle-pedestrian-accident. /Author/TRRL/

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  International Federation of Auto Techniques Engs

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• Authors:
  • Kramer, M
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Language

• German

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1
• Serial:
  • Publication of: International Federation of Auto Techniques Engs
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: International Federation of Auto Techniques Engs

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anthropometry; Conferences; Crash severity; Crash tests; Dummies; Injuries; Injury severity; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrians; Shape; Vehicle design; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Front
• ITRD Terms: 1057: Air transport network; 1618: Anthropometric dummy; 8525: Conference; 9025: Front; 1648: Impact test (crash); 1733: Pedestrian; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 9073: Shape
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I84: Personal Injuries; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163338
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 12 1978 12:00AM