Pedestrians interacting with a passenger car: a study of real world accidents

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Lindman, Magdalena¹; Jakobsson, Lotta^1,2; Jonsson, Sofia^1,3

Pedestrians interacting with a passenger car: a study of real world accidents

Proceedings of the 2011 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Injury

Affiliations

¹Volvo Cars Safety Centre

²Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

³Volvia (IF P&C Insurance)
Abstract and keywords

Pedestrian safety priorities for passenger cars are usually based on data with varying car makes and models. This study presents a new database, V_PAD (Volvo Cars Pedestrian Accident Database), with a homogeneous car sample providing a relevant, up‐to‐date distribution of accident situations as well as pedestrian characteristics and driver information.

A total of 330 pedestrian car accidents are analyzed with the aim to present a first summary of the V_PAD data in terms of accident, injury and impact aspects. The database with cars of the same types gives unique possibilities to design and evaluate effective safety measures for pedestrian safety. The results in this study will form the basis for further improvements, both considering driver support and crash compatibility.

Keywords: accident scenarios; AIS2+ injury; pedestrian; real world traffic accident data

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