Pedestrian detection systems are expected to provide a relevant impact in the decrease of vulnerable road user casualties and injuries. Currently, different safety functions are under development and some of them have reached the market. In order to promote the wide spread of these functions and to standardize as much as possible the performance requirements, consumer organizations are also working in the development of test and assessment protocols

As a contribution to the current activities done by car manufacturers, research centers and consumer testing organizations, the research described in this paper will address some specific questions, including:​

• The development of a crashable representative pedestrian test target, in terms of sensor detection
• The definition of the walking movement characteristics of pedestrians and implementation of these characteristics in the test target
• The development of a complete test facility for pedestrian detection tests
• The validation of the test target as a test tool for pedestrian detection systems
• The evaluation of representative test scenarios for pedestrian detection systems
• The estimation of the benefits of using test targets with walking movement capabilities for the better pedestrian recognition

As a result, the paper will present the developed pedestrian test target and further indications for the implementation of pedestrian detection tests.

All these questions are currently a challenge for the definition of new test procedures in the field of pedestrian detection systems.

The results of this paper will be useful for the current development of pedestrian detection systems and further development of test targets suitable for ADAS testing.