Improving Side Impact Protection: Response of the ES-2re and WorldSID in a Proposed Harmonized Pole Test

The paper reports on the foundational research conducted by Transport Canada in support of a harmonized pole impact test procedure. Field data from Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America were analyzed to identify the type of motor vehicle occupant at greatest risk of serious injury in narrow object crashes and to describe the pattern of injuries most frequently associated with these types of collisions. Laboratory crash testing was subsequently carried out to evaluate the responses of the ES- 2re and WorldSID dummies. Oblique pole tests were conducted with five paired tests of vehicles ranging in size from small passenger cars to mid-size SUV's at impact velocities of 32 km/h. For the covering abstract see ITRD E141569.

• Authors:
  • TYLKO, S
  • GERMAN, A
  • DALMOTAS, D
  • BUISSIERES, A
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Serial:
  • 2006 INTERNATIONAL IRCOBI CONFERENCE ON THE BIOMECHANICS OF IMPACT
  • Publisher: IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Impacts) Secretariat-INRETS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Crash tests; Side crashes; Standardization; Support poles
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 8525: Conference; 1648: Impact test (crash); 3312: Pole; 1630: Side impact; 9075: Standardization
• Subject Areas: Research; I81: Accident Statistics; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01131699
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: TRL
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 2 2009 7:30AM