Citation

Searson DJ, Anderson RW. Proc. Australas. Road Safety Res. Policing Educ. Conf. 2009; 13.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, copyright holder varies, Publisher Monash University)

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Abstract

Selected new vehicles are tested by the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) to assess their level of pedestrian protection. The draft Global Technical Regulation (GTR) on pedestrian protection specifies a minimum level of protection that must be met in order for a vehicle design to be approved by regulatory bodies. This GTR may be adopted as an Australian Design Rule. One possible implication of this is that many vehicles may require significant redesign in order to meet the GTR requirements. This paper examines three new vehicles, and assesses their likelihood of meeting the requirements of the GTR, based on their ANCAP test results. A method for scaling the Head Injury Criterion (HIC) for different masses and velocities is used to predict GTR performance. Among the vehicles considered, the areas tested would produce a significantly lower HIC by the GTR test method than by the ANCAP test method. However, on other vehicles there are many locations that were assessed as poor by ANCAP, which are likely to require redesign in order to meet the requirements of the GTR.