1Continental AG, Division Chassis & Safety, Germany
Although motorcycle ABS is meanwhile well established on the public market, detailed investigations about the relationship between crash scenarios and the effectiveness of motorcycle-ABS are rare.
Within the EC-funded SIM Project (Safety In Motion) a detailed analysis of different accident scenarios with PTWs (Powered Two Wheelers) has been performed, using the DEKRA PTW-database. The basis of this data pool is the accumulation of written expert opinions containing the accident analyses that are drawn up by skilled forensic experts throughout Germany. From this database containing 350 real-world accidents, 51 cases have been selected by imposing a reaction demand and a following braking of the motorcycle rider in order to evaluate the benefit of advanced brake control systems. The following parameters have been extracted for the evaluation:
With this information several real accident scenarios without ABS were analysed under the condition that an ABS system would have been installed on the motorbike. With such an approach the difference in the accident consequences with and without ABS can be observed. In addition a variation in the ABS control has been accomplished by considering different brake control systems developed by CONTI, like partial and full integral brake systems as well as systems with advanced driver-assistance functions (ADAS). As a result, a tremendous reduction in the accident consequences can be shown, for example up to 50% of the selected accidents could have been avoided by a simple 2 channel ABS.