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Proceedings: International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles

Journal Volume: 1998
Journal Issue:
Journal Year: 1998
Articles in SafetyLit: 220

5th% female dummy upper extremity interaction with a deploying side air bag

A case study of 214 fatal crashes involving fire

A collision warning algorithm for rear-end collisions

A comparison study of active head restraints for neck protection in rear-end collisions

A comprehensive surveillance system to investigate targeted issues in child occupant protection

A half century of attempts to re-solve vehicle occupant safety: understanding seatbelt and airbag technology

A heavy vehicle drowsy driver detection and warning system: scientific issues and technical challenges

A high-speed sensor for measuring chest deflection in crash test dummies

A look at the nhtsa minimally compliant underride guard at impact speeds above 30 mph

A new neck for motorcycle crash testing

A scientific method for analysing vehicle safety

A searchable transportation fire safety bibliography

A simulation study on inflation induced injury and ncap with depowered air bag

A simulation study on the major factors in compatibility

A sled test procedure proposal to evaluate the risk of neck injury in low speed rear impacts using a new neck injury criterion (NIC)

A smart airbag system

A statistical methodological framework for estimating, assessing, evaluating, monitoring and interpreting road travel risk performance measure indicators: a 'risk analysis and evaluation system model' combining traffic collision and 'exposure to risk' inf

A study on pedestrian impact test procedure by computer simulation - the upper legform to bonnet leading edge test

A summary of the work of the sae atd chest deflection task team

A survey of canadian drivers' knowledge about and experience with anti-lock brakes

A technical evaluation of the eevc proposal on pedestrian protection test methodology

A test track performance evaluation of current production light vehicle antilock brake systems

A virtually exact calculation of safety belt effectiveness

Abs performance on gravel roads

Advanced designs for side impact and rollover protection

Air bag collision performance in a restrained occupant population

Air bag crash investigations

Ais unification: the case for a unified injury system for global use

An algorithm for detecting heavy-truck driver fatigue from steering wheel motion

An analysis of ncap side impact crash data

An analytical assessment of pedestrian head impact protection

An approach to the standardisation of accident and injury registration systems (stairs) in europe

An inflatable carpet to reduce the loading of the lower extremities - evaluation by a new sled test method with toepan intrusion

An injury severity comparison on side impact crash tests

An overall evaluation of ukds motorcyclist leg protectors based on iso 13232

An update on the relationships between computed delta vs and impact speeds for offset crash tests

Analysis of driver-vehicle-interactions in an evasive manoeuvre - results of "moose test" studies

Analysis of the crash experience of vehicles equipped with antilock braking systems (abs) - an update

Analysis of the passive safety of motorcycles using accident investigations and crash tests

Application of a computer model as an engineering tool for evaluating side impact design requirements for children and small adults

Application of a video analyzer for the safety evaluation of an intelligent cruise control system

Application of intelligent transportation systems to enhance vehicle safety for elderly and less able travellers

Assessment of advanced air bag technology and less aggressive air bag designs through performance testing

Assessment of forearm injury due to a deploying driver-side air bag

Assessment of injury protection performance of side impact airbags for out-of-position and other than 50th percentile adult male occupants

Assessments of air bag performance based on the 5th percentile female hybrid iii crash test dummy

Axial impact characteristics of dummy and cadaver lower limbs

Behavioural adaptation to fatigue warning systems

Benefits of the inflatable tubular structure. An investigation on the casualty abatement capability of the bmw head protection systems hps

Biomechanical impact tolerance characteristics of the human neck

Changes in exposure and accident risk for car drivers in france

Child restraint information in the national automotive sampling system crashworthiness data system

Child safety in small and micro cars

Collision avoidance through improved communication between tractor and trailer

Comparative performance testing of passenger cars relative to fmvss 214 and the eu 96/27/ec side impact regulations: phase 1

Comparison of 10 to 100 km/h rigid barrier impacts

Compatibility study in frontal collisions - mass and stiffness ratio

Crash pulse recorders in rear impacts - real life data

Crash tests to reconstruct nass cases of child fatality/injury from air bags

Crashworthiness of aluminium structured vehicles

Criteria for the evaluation of child detection aids at school bus stops

Demands for compatibility of passenger vehicles

Description and performance of the hybrid iii three year old, six year old and small female test dummies in restraint system and out-of-position air bag environments

Design and construction of a variable dynamic vehicle

Design and development of an advanced lower extremity: alex ii

Design and performance of the thor advanced frontal crash test dummy thorax and abdomen assemblies

Design methods for adjusting the side airbag sensor and the car body

Determination of frontal offset test conditions based on crash da

Developing experimental cervical dummy models for testing low-speed rear-end collisions

Development and application of a side airbag computer model using the cvs/atb multi-body dynamics program

Development and benefits of a harmonised dynamic side impact standard

Development of a hybrid iii lower leg computer model

Development of a method of estimating the costs of injuries predicted by ancap testing in australia

Development of a new crash cushion for the protection of people in wheelchairs in a road accident

Development of a new crash-cushion concept for compatibility purposes of rigid obstacles near the road

Development of a non-frangible pedestrian legform impactor

Development of moving deformable barrier in japan - part 2

Development of side impact air bag system for head chest protection

Development of the brake assist system

Development of the european new car assessment programme (euro ncap)

Development of tire pressure monitoring system using wheel-speed sensor signal

Development possibilities in relation to ece regulation 66 (bus rollover protection)

Driver behaviour in a throttle off situation

Driving simulator experiment on drivers' behaviour and effectiveness of danger warning against emergency braking of leading vehicle

Dynamic response and injury mechanism in the human foot and ankle and an analysis of dummy biofidelity

Enhancement of vehicle stability by controlling the front brakes and engine torque

Epidemiology of the older driver - some preliminary findings from data through 1996

Estimation of oop from conditional probabilities of airbag fire-times and vehicle response

European accident causation survey (eacs) methodology

European test methods for superstructures of buses and coaches related to ece r66 (the applied hungarian calculation method)

Evaluation of active safety performance of man-vehicle system

Evaluation of motor vehicle initiation and propagation, vehicle crash and fire propagation test program

Evaluation of occupant protection and compatibility out of frontal crash tests against the deformable barrier

Evaluation of secondary risk with a new programmed restraining system (prs2)

Evolution of australian ncap results presentation

Fidelity of anthropometric test dummy necks in rollover accidents

Field data improvements for fire safety research

Finite element modelling of blunt or non-contact head injuries

Frontal impact protection: tailoring safety system performance by the prediction of driver size and seated position

Frontal impacts with small partial overlap: real life data from crash recorders

Frontal offset crash test study using 50th percentile male and 5th percentile female dummies

Future directions for australian ncap

Geometrical characterisation of a seated occupant

Head impact protection - new requirements and solutions

Headlamp performance in traffic situation

Headlamp-based vision system and the vision task

Heavy duty vehicle crash test method in japan

Helping older driversv benefit from in-vehicle technologies

Human thorax behaviour for side impact, influence of impact masses and velocities

Implementation and assessment of measures for compatible crash behaviour using the aluminium vehicle as an example

Improved crashworthy designs for truck underride guards

Improved measures of foot and ankle injury risk from the hybrid iii tibia

Improvement of car-to-truck compatibility in head-on collisions

Improvement of crash compatibility between cars

Improvements in ncap results for australian vehicles

Improving safety performance in frontal collisions by changing the shape of structural components

Improving us ncap consumer information

In-depth investigation and reconstruction of an air bag induced child fatality

Injuries in primary and supplementary airbag systems

Injury pattern of pedestrians hit by cars of recent design

Injury patterns among air bag equipped vehicles

Injury risk/benefit analysis of motorcyclist protective devices using computer simulation and iso 13232

International harmonised research activities (ihra) status report of the advanced offset frontal crash protection working group

International harmonized research activities (ihra) status report of the biomechanics working group

International harmonized research activities (ihra) status report of the pedestrian safety working group

International harmonized research activities (ihra). Status report of the intelligent transportation systems (its) working group

International ncap programs in review

Investigation of inertial factors involved in airbag-induced forearm fractures

Large scale experiment of contour marking for trucks

Linking ontario collision, vehicle registration and trauma data

Logistic regression analysis of lower limb injuries in frontal crashes

Lower back and neck strain injuries: the relative roles of seat adjustment and vehicle/seat design

Lower leg injuries caused by dynamic axial loading and muscle testing

Measuring airbag injury risk to out-of-position occupants

Modeling of an innovative frontal car structure: similar deceleration curves at full overlap, 40 per cent offset and 30 degrees collision

Morphometric study of the human pelvis

Motor vehicle data in canada: past, present and future

Motorcycle helmet test headform and test apparatus comparison

New "electronic" data collection methods in the national automotive sampling system crashworthiness data system

New developments in retrospective data bases of serious car crashes and car collisions with pedestrians and motorcyclists. The research activities of the german insurers (gdv)

Nhtsa's advanced air bag technology research program

Objectives and experience of publishing crash-tests results in a european magazine

Observational studies of car occupants' positions

Offest test procedure development and comparison

Offset crash tests - observations about vehicle design and structural performance

Optimisation of vehicle passive safety for occupants with varying anthropometry

Optimized restraint systems for rear seat passengers

Parametric study on the effect of the footwell geometry, dynamic intrusion and occupant location on hybrid iii lower leg injury criteria

Patterns of abdominal injury in frontal automotive crashes

Pedestrian injury - analysis of the pcds field collision data

Pedestrian safety testing using the eevc pedestrian impactors

Pelvic behavior in side collisions: static and dynamic tests on isolated pelvic bones

Pelvis human response to lateral impact

Performance evaluation of impact responses of the SID-IIs small side impact dummy

Philosophy and strategy of new car assessment program to rate crashworthiness

Pilot study of accident scenarios on a driving simulator

Pointers toward the improvement of safety in buses, derived from an analysis of 371 accidents involving buses in germany and from crash test results

Predicting proximity of driver head and thorax to the steering wheel

Prediction of thoracic injuries in frontal collisions

Preliminary experience of passenger airbag deployments in australia

Programmable deceleration devices for automotive testing

Proposal to improve compatibility in head on collisions

Prospects for electronic compliance with belt fit requirements

Quality criteria for crashworthiness assessment from real accidents

Quantifying head-up display (hud) pedestrian detection benefits for older drivers

Reduction of head rotational motions in side impacts due to the inflatable curtain - a way to bring down the risk of diffuse brain injury

Relationship between driving behaviour and traffic accidents - accident data recorder and driving monitor recorder

Repeatability of frontal offset crash tests

Research tests to develop improved fmvss 301 rear impact test procedure

Restraint system optimisation for minimum societal harm

Results of full-scale crash tests, stationary tests and sled tests to analyse the effects of air bags on passengers with or without seat belts in the standard sitting position and in out-of-position situations

Review of vehicle measures for reducing accidents and injuries

Rollover ejection mitigation using an inflatable tubular structure (its)

Safety measures for the structure of trucks and buses

Safety of seats in minibuses - proposal for a dynamic test

Safety potential of future two-wheel concepts - a challenge

Safety rear underride guards with an optional reverse impact braking system

Seat designs for whiplash injury lessening

Seat-belt injuries in medical and statistical perspectives

Sensitivity of air-braked vehicles to maintenance underscores the need for reliable low-cost cab-display brake fault indicator lamp

Simulation of car-pedestrian accident

Simulation of footwell intrusion for sled testing

Simulations of bus-seat impact tests according to ece regulations

Stability augumentation system for the heavy duty commercial vehicles - estimation of the gravity position with ar method and application for anti-rollover

Structure and padding optimisation for side impact protection

Study of test procedure to evaluate airbag deployment force

Test methods for evaluating and comparing the performance of side impact barrier faces

Testing the positional stability of motorcycle helmets

The aging of the australian car fleet and occupant protection

The ciren experience

The combination of a new air bag technology with a belt load limiter

The coming revolution in airbag technology

The compatibility of mini cars in traffic accidents

The contribution of onboard recording systems to road safety and accident analysis

The development of the crash injury research and engineering network

The effect of airbags on injuries and accident costs

The effect of hybrid iii lower leg kinematics on loading mechanisms and injury criteria

The effect of redesigned air bags on frontal usa ncap

The inflatable curtain (ic) - a new head protection system in side impacts

The influence of european air bags on crash injury outcomes

The interaction of air bags with upper extremity test devices

The load path from upper legs to chest in the hybrid iii dummy; experiments and simulations

The offset crash test - a comparative analysis of test methods

The posip system - improving occupant protection in convertibles and coupes during side impacts

The practicalities of pedestrian protection

The requirements for driver assistance systems and their effects on real-life accidents

The risk of skull/brain injuries in modern cars

The role of motorsport safety

The safety effectiveness of light-duty motor vehicle occupant restraints: numbers of occupant lives saved and injuries prevented by seat belts in road traffic collisions in canada, 1989-1995

The whips seat - a car seat for improved protection against neck injuries in rear end impacts

The windowbag: an innovation in side impact protection

Thermal properties and flammability behavior of automotive polymers

Update on the pedestrian crash data study

Upper interior head, face and neck injury experiments

Use and misuse of child restraint devices in michigan

Validation of pedestrian upper legform impact test - reconstruction of pedestrian accidents

Vehicle design and injuries sustained by female drivers

Vehicle design parameter study for side impacts using full vehicle simulation

Vehicle far-side impact crashes

Visual performance during night driving