APROSYS European in-depth pedestrian database

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Neal-Sturgess, C. E.¹; Carter, E.¹; Hardy, R.²; Cuerden, R.³; Guerra, L.⁴; Yang, J.⁵

APROSYS European in-depth pedestrian database

Proceedings of the 20th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV)

Affiliations

¹Birmingham Automotive Safety Centre (BASC)

²Cranfield Impact Centre (CIC)

³TRL Ltd Crowthorne

⁴INSIA UPM

⁵Chalmers University
Abstract

The EU FP 6 Integrated Project on Advanced Protection Systems (APROSYS) is exploring the relevance of vehicle pedestrian protection systems in the real world. A pedestrian injury database was compiled of in-depth information to permit reconstructions of the pedestrian/ cyclist/ vehicle/ground interactions.

The database consisted of 63 pedestrians cases and 7 cyclist cases. Results were obtained on: injury risk as related to impact speed; the locations of primary head impacts with vehicles; the proportion and frequency of ground impacts; and the over representation of elderly fatals with MAIS3. It is concluded that (i) the head impact locations for pedestrian protection need to be reviewed to include the windscreen, A pillars and scuttle areas, and (ii) a calibration of MAIS and ISS against fatality/non fatality for a large sample of pedestrians is necessary, with children / adults/elderly (>60 years of age) ranked separately.
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