Citation

Zellmer H, Friedel B. Proc. Stapp Car Crash Conf. 1994; 38: 403-416.

Affiliation

Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt), Germany

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Society of Automotive Engineers SAE)

DOI

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Abstract

Off-road vehicles equipped with crash bars are increasing in numbers in Western Europe. To evaluate the danger inherent of these vehicles to vulnerable roads users, tests were performed according to the EEVC-WG 10 proposed subsystems test procedure. As a result, the vehicles equipped with crash bars performed worse than the vehicles without crash bars with both the child headform impactor and the upper legform impactor. The loadings to the upper legform impactor were up to two times the value, the loadings to the child headform impactor up to six times the values of the cars without crash bars.

Language: en