Highlights A test-based assessment method for pre-crash warning and braking systems is presented. The assessment reflects the percentage of injuries that can be avoided by the system. Injuries with long-term whiplash symptoms and MAIS2+ injuries are considered. The method can also be used to assess warning as part of a pre-crash system.
Abstract In this paper, a test-based assessment method for pre-crash warning and braking systems is presented where the effectiveness of a system is measured by its ability to reduce the number of injuries of a given type or severity in car-to-car rear-end collisions. Injuries with whiplash symptoms lasting longer than 1 month and MAIS2+ injuries in both vehicles involved in the crash are considered in the assessment. The injury reduction resulting from the impact speed reduction due to a pre-crash system is estimated using a method which has its roots in the dose–response model. Human–machine interaction is also taken into account in the assessment. The results reflect the self-protection as well as the partner-protection performance of a pre-crash system in the striking vehicle in rear-end collisions and enable a comparison between two or more systems. It is also shown how the method may be used to assess the importance of warning as part of a pre-crash system.
A test-based method for the assessment of pre-crash warning and braking systems
Accident Analysis and Prevention ; 59 ; 192-199
2013-05-22
8 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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