Transactions on Transport Sciences 2010, 3(4):187-196 | DOI: 10.2478/v10158-010-0025-x

Dynamic Tests: Passenger Car vs. Child Pedestrian

Z. Schejbalová*,1, A. Kvášová1, Z. Marek2
1 Faculty of Transportation Sciences, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
2 Police Academy of Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

The Department of Forensic Experts in Transportation at the Faculty of Transportation Sciences performed a second set of dynamic passive safety tests on a passenger car (M1 category - Škoda Octavia II) in a child pedestrian collision. Initial and test conditions were similar to those that were made in the first set of tests in September 2009 (Škoda Roomster). Deformations of contact zones on the frontal vehicle surface were analyzed by 3D scanning technology (3D handy scanner). Head, thorax and pelvic resultant acceleration, acceleration of knee joint in sagittal direction and the contact force on the femoral structure of the dummy (P6 dummy, 1.17m; 22kg) were measured. The aim of these tests is not only to provide a detailed description of pedestrian kinematics and a comparison of primary and secondary impact seriousness, but also to provide a data source for advanced mathematical modeling.

Keywords: Primary and secondary impact, child pedestrian, instrumentation, injury criteria.

Published: December 1, 2010  Show citation

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Schejbalová, Z., Kvášová, A., & Marek, Z. (2010). Dynamic Tests: Passenger Car vs. Child Pedestrian. Transactions on Transport Sciences, 3(4), 187-196. doi: 10.2478/v10158-010-0025-x
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