An experimental study was conducted to investigate the significance of vehicle front design parameters on pedestrian impact dynamics. The specific objectives were to quantify the present pedestrian hazard and then assess the injury reduction potential of a number of selected vehicle configurations. This was accomplished by conducting highly instrumented experimental impacts using adult and 6-year-old child anthropomorphic dummies and unembalmed cadaveric specimens. In all, 80 experimental dummy impacts (36 child and 44 adult) and 11 unembalmed cadaveric impacts were conducted over the speed range from 10 to 30 mph with present production vehicles, candidate injury mitigating concepts, and the first generation Research Safety Vehicles. The results indicate that significant reductions in injury severity can be realized through vehicle front design changes and increased surface compliance.
Pedestrian Impact: Baseline and Preliminary Concepts Evaluation. Volume I: Summary
1978
30 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation Safety , Road Transportation , Automobiles , Design , Safety engineering , Pedestrians , Automobile bodies , Collision research , Injuries , Objectives , Anatomical models , Cadavers , Crash tests , Experimental data , Safety devices , Research safety vehicles , Impact attenuators , Front structures
NTRS | 1970
Pedestrian impact Simulation - A Preliminary Study
SAE Technical Papers | 1983
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British Library Conference Proceedings | 1983
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