Pre‐impact braking influence on the standard seat‐belted and motorized seat‐belted occupants in frontal collisions based on anthropometric test dummy

Ejima, Susumu; Ito, Daisuke; Antona, Jacobo; Sukegawa, Yoshihiro; Ito, Hisao

Affiliations

¹Japan Automobile Research Institute, 2530 Karima, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan

Abstract and keywords

The posture of a driver is varied according to age, gender and physique. In addition, this posture further changes just before the collision, due to a driver’s evasive maneuvers. In reality, it is difficult for drivers to maintain the standard posture of the Anthropomorphic Test Dummy (ATD). Therefore, it is predicted that these behavioral differences before frontal collisions affect the gravity of injuries suffered by the occupant. The objective of this study is to investigate the influence of braking just before the collision in the frontal impact test with a dummy while considering the effect of the belt‐restraint system.

Keywords: Pre‐crash, Sled, Occupants, Restraint Systems, Anthropometric Test Dummy

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Cited By (1)

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2013	Ito D, Ejima S, Sukegawa Y, Antona J, Ito H, Komeno F. Assessment of a pre-crash seatbelt technology in frontal impacts by using a new crash test sled system with controllable pre-impact braking. In: Proceedings of the 23rd International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). May 27-30, 2013; Seoul, South Korea.