A safety rating for far-side crashes

Digges, Kennerly; Echemendia, Cristina; Fildes, Brian; Pintar, Frank

A research team from Australia, Europe and the United States has conducted the research needed to provide a technology base for far-side crash protection. To date the findings are as follows: (1) in the USA and Australia there are large opportunities in far-side impact injury reduction, especially if safety features could mitigate injuries in both far-side planar impacts and rollovers, (2) a modified MADYMO human facet model was validated for use in evaluating far-side countermeasures, (3) either the THOR-NT or the WorldSID dummy would be satisfactory test devices for assessing far-side protection with minor modifications such as changing in the location of the chest instrumentation and (4) injury criteria and risk functions for use with WorldSID in far-side crashes have been documented. There is now a sufficient technology base so that farside protection can be evaluated and rated by consumer information tests.

Year

Entry

2005

Gabler HC, Fitzharris M, Scully J, Fildes BN, Digges K, Sparke L. Far side impact injury risk for belted occupants in Australia and the United States. In: Proceedings of the 19th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 6-9, 2005; Washington, DC.

2003

Fildes B, Bostrom O, Haland Y, Sparke L. Countermeasures to address farside crashes: first results. In: Proceedings of the 18th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). May 19-22, 2003; Nagoya, Japan.

2002

Fildes BN, Sparke LJ, Bostrom O, Pintar F, Yoganandan N, Morris AP. Suitability of current side impact test dummies in far-side impacts. In: Proceedings of the 2002 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact. September 18-20, 2002; Munich, Germany.

2007

Pintar FA, Yoganandan N, Stemper BD, Bostrom O, Rouhana SW, Digges KH, Fildes BN. Comparison of PMHS, WorldSID, and THOR-NT responses in simulated far side impact. Stapp Car Crash J. 2007;51:313-360. SAE 2007-22-0014.

2001

Digges K, Dalmotas D. Injuries to restrained occupants in far-side crashes. In: Proceedings of the 17th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 4-7, 2001; Amsterdam, The Netherlands.