Most pedestrian deaths in car-pedestrian accidents are due to head injuries. In 2005, the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (J-MLIT) began assessing the safety of bonnets impacting on pedestrians' heads using headform impactors with designated technical specifications. J-MLIT has used Type Approval Regulation Version 1 of headform impactors fitted with small un-damped accelerometers since 2005. Meanwhile, oil-damped accelerometers have been used by J-MLIT Type Approval Regulation Version 2 headform impactors since 2010. This paper summarises the development of pedestrian headform impactors used in headform impact tests in Japan and points to increasing safety levels.
Improvement of accelerometers for pedestrian headform impactors in testing following Japanese vehicle safety regulations
International Journal of Vehicle Safety (Online) ; 5 , 4 ; 307-318
2011
12 Seiten, 13 Bilder, 4 Tabellen, 11 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
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