The validation of the EEVC frontal impact test procedure

Lowne, R. W.

The EEVC Working Group 11 proposed a new frontal impact test procedure, based on a partial overlap impact to a deformable faced barrier, at the 14th ESV Conference in 1994. This test procedure has been subject to a validation programme to evaluate the repeatability, reproducibility and the applicability of the test procedure to a range of passenger car types and sizes. It also considered the effect of an increase in the impact speed from 56km/h to 60km/h. As well as the European validation programe, parallel testing in support of the EEVC work has been performed in Australia, Canada, Japan and the USA.

This paper presents the results of the validation programme and the conclusions regarding the current recommendations for the EEVC front offset deformable impact test procedure.

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1994

Lowne RW; EEVC Working Group 11 Transport Research Laboratory, United Kingdom. EEVC working group 11 report on the development of a front impact test procedure. In: Proceedings of the 14th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). May 23-26, 1994; Munich, Germany.1334-1351.

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2006

Page M, Rackliff L. Deriving and validating a road safety performance indicator for vehicle fleet passive safety. In: 50th Annual Proceedings, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM). October 16-18, 2006; Chicago, IL.317-332.

1998

Paine MP, McGrane D, Haley J. Offset crash tests: observations about vehicle design and structural performance. In: Proceedings of the 16th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). May 31–June 4, 1998; Windsor, Ontario, Canada.311-315.

1998

Wykes NJ, Edwards MJ, Hobbs CA. Compatibility requirements for cars in frontal and side impact. In: Proceedings of the 16th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). May 31–June 4, 1998; Windsor, Ontario, Canada.667-681.