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Proceedings: International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles

Journal Volume: 2009
Journal Issue:
Journal Year: 2009
Articles in SafetyLit: 247

A Classification Model for Prediction of Rollover Crash Severity

A Common Approach to Understanding Strengths and Limitations of Different Techniques for Quantifying Casualty Benefits

A Comparison of Computer Modeling to Actual Data and Video of a Staged Rollover Collision

A Development Process for Creating Finite-Element Models of Crash Test Dummies Based on Investigations of the Hardware

A Forward Collision Warning (FCW) Performance Evaluation

A Global Head Neck Torso Model for Whiplash Injury Criteria Investigation

A Holistic Approach to Pedestrian Protection and Crash Sensing

A New Approach of Accident Causation Analysis by Seven Steps ACASS

A Probabilistic Warning System for Safe Curve Negotiation

A Proposal for an Improved Method of Evaluating Vehicle Compatibility in Full-Frontal Rigid Barrier Tests

A Proposed Comprehensive Crashworthiness Rating System

A Safe "Ride Height Line" for Child Car Occupants

A Safety Rating for Far-Side Crashes

A Situation Based Method to Adapt the Vehicle Restraint System in Frontal Crashes to the Accident Scenario

A Study of Bicyclist Accidents in Changsha of China and Hannover of Germany

A Study of the Body Configuration and Superior Occupant Protection During Rollover

A Study of the Factors Affecting Fatalities of Air Bag and Belt-Restrained Occupants in Frontal Crashes

A Study of Thoracic Injury Criteria for Elderly Korean Occupant

A Validated Oblique Pole Sled Test Methodology to Analyze Occupant Response

Advances in Vulnerable Occupant Protection Systems

An Analysis of Hospitalized Motorcyclists in the State of Maryland Based on Helmet Use and Outcome

An analysis of speed-related uk accidents using a human functional failure methodology

An Analysis of the Mechanism Causing Loss of Control During a Tire Delamination

An Evaluation of PDB Test Results for Partner Protection and Self Protection

An Examination of Crash Scenarios and the Potential Benefits of Six Advanced Safety Technologies

Analysis and Prevention of Child Ejections from Golf Cars and Personal Transport Vehicles

Analysis of 3D Rigid Body Motion Using the Nine Accelerometer Array and the Randomly Distributed In-Plane Accelerometer Systems

Analysis of Coaches Rows Seats Distance Influence on the Passengers Comfort and Safety

Anti Lock Braking and Vehicle Stability Control for Motorcycles - Why or Why Not?

Assessment of Injury Severity of Nearside Occupants in Pole Impacts to Side of Passenger Cars in European Traffic Accidents - Analysis of German and UK In-Depth Data

Automatic Incident Detection and Classification at Intersections

Autonomous Braking Systems and Their Potential Effect on Whiplash Injury Reduction

Basis for a Fluid Integrity NCAP Rating

Benefit Estimation of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems for Cars Derived from Real-Life Accidents

Benefit Estimation of the Euro NCAP Pedestrian Rating Concerning Real-World Pedestrian Safety

Benefit of "Dynamic Use Cases" to Early Design and Driving Assistance System for Pedestrian/Truck Collision Avoidance

Benefit of Adaptive Occupant Restraint Systems with Focus on the New US-NCAP Rating Requirements

Biomechanics: Injury Criteria and Virtual Test Procedures/Tools DevelopmentûApplication and Evaluation of a Novel KTH Injury Criterion for the Hybrid III Dummy in Frontal Crash Test Environments

Car Crashes with Polytrauma in Southern Germany

Car Rollover Mechanisms and Injury Outcome

Characteristics of Crashes That Result in Fires

Characteristics of Fatalities in the CIREN Database

Characteristics of Small Overlap Crashes

Characteristics of TRL Pedestrian Legform Impactor and Flexible Pedestrian Legform Impactor in Car-Front Impact Tests

Characterizing and Enhancing the Safety of Future Plastic and Composite Intensive Vehicles (PCIVs)

City Safety - A System Addressing Rear-End Collisions at Low Speeds

CNG Cars Safety in Accidents (Case Study: Iran)

Combining CIREN and NASS-CDS Data to Predict Occupant Outcomes in Frontal Crashes

Commercial Vehicle Safety Technologies: Applications for Brake Performance Monitoring

Commercial Vehicle Safety Technologies: Applications for Tire Pressure Monitoring and Management

Comparison Between Adaptive and Basic Model Metrics in Lane Change Test to Assess In-Vehicle Secondary Task Demand

Comparison of Dynamic Responses of the THOR-NT and Hybrid III in Offset Frontal Crash Test

Comparison of Passive Cervical Spine Flexion in Children and Adults

Comparison of University of Michigan CIREN Cases to Existing Types of Crash Tests

Comparison of WorldSID and ES-2re Biofidelity Using an Updated Biofidelity Ranking System

Computational Analysis of a Near and Far Side Front Occupant Kinematics in a Vehicle Rollover with Different Restraint

Computer Vision Systems for 'Context-Aware' Active Vehicle Safety and Driver Assistance

Computerized Crash Reconstruction of Real World Crashes Using Optimization Methodology

Concept Study of Adaptive Seatbelt Load Limiter Using Magnetorheological Fluid

Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance System for Violations (CICAS-V) for Prevention of Violation-Based Intersection Crashes

Cooperative Sensor Technology for Preventive Vulnerable Road User Protection

Coupled Human Body Side Impact Model to Predict Thoracic Injury

Coupling of ULP Head Model to THUMS Human Body FE Model: Validation and Application to Automotive Safety

Crash Adaptive Vehicle Structures and Components

Crash Type Distinction Using Structure-Borne Sound Sensing

Creating Representative Curves from Multiple Time Histories of Vehicle, ATD and Biomechanics Tests

Data Acquisition and Analysis for Future Safety Enhancement

Data Acquisition and Analysis for Future Safety Enhancement Crush Vs Energy Relationship for Yugo GV - Case Study

Demonstrator for Virtual Testing Procedure. Application to Pedestrian Adult Head Impacts

Design Analysis of a Sandwich Hood Structure for Pedestrian Protection

Design and Optimization Approaches to Provide a Frame for Designer in the Vehicle Development Phase with the Focus on Enhanced Safety

Detailed Analyses of BioRID-II Response Variations in Hardware and Simulation

Detailed Analysis of Target Crashes for Pre-Crash Sensing Applications

Development and Improvement of Q3s - a Three Year Old Child Side Impact Dummy

Development and Validation of Sedan Pedestrian Bucks Using Finite Element Simulations: Application in Study the Influence of Vehicle Automatic Braking on the Kinematics of the Pedestrian Involved in Vehicle Collisions

Development Of A Biofidelic Flexible Pedestrian Legform Impactor Type Gtr Prototype, Part 1: Development And Technical Evaluations

Development of a Generic Assessment Methodology for Advanced Safety Systems

Development of a High Deceleration Full Width Frontal Impact Test for Europe

Development of a Hybrid Hood to Improve Pedestrian Safety in Case of Vehicle Impact

Development of a Motorcycle Rider Model with Focus on Head and Neck Biofidelity, Recurring to Line Element Muscle Models and Feedback Control

Development of a New Flex-PLI LS-DYNA Model and Investigations of Injury from Vehicle Impact

Development of Flexible Pedestrian Legform Impactor FE Model and Comparative Study with Leg Behavior of Human FE Model THUMS

Development of Moving Deformable Barrier Reproducing Struck Car Deformation in Real-World Car-To-Car Side Impact Accidents in Europe and Japan

Development of New Airbag for Rear Seat Occupants

Development of New Criteria for Assessing the Risk of KTH Injury in Frontal Impacts Using Hybrid III Femur Force Measurements

Development of Next Generation Human Body FE Model Capable of Organ Injury Prediction

Development of Response Corridors for the Compressive Stiffness of the Male and Female Upper Arm in Lateral Loading

Development of the Accident Investigation and Data Handling Methodology in the GIDAS Project

Development of the Pop-Up Engine Hood for Pedestrian Head Protection

Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS) - A Non-Regulatory Approach in the Development and Deployment of Vehicle Safety Technology to Reduce Drunk Driving

Driver Behavior Modeling Using Hybrid Dynamic Systems for 'Driver-Aware' Active Vehicle Safety

Driver's Mental Workload Assessment Using EEG Data in a Dual Task Paradigm

Dynamic Analysis of Side-By-Side Utility and Recreational Vehicles

Dynamic Side Impact Testing with the 50th Percentile Male WorldSID Compared to the Es-2Re

Effect of Muscle Contraction in Low Speed Car-Pedestrian Impact - Simulations for Walking Posture

Effectiveness Evaluation of Antilock Braking Systems (ABS) for Motorcycles in Real-World Accident Scenarios

Effectiveness of Passenger Seat Belt Usage on the Rollover Crashworthiness of an Intercity Coach

Effects of Active Structures on Injuries in Medium Severity Frontal Impacts

Emotional and Behavioural Response to Auditory Icons and Earcons in Driver-Vehicle Interfaces

Enhanced Automatic Collision Notification (ACN) System - Improved Rescue Care Due to Injury Prediction - First Field Experience

Enhanced Braking Performance by Integrated ABS and Semi-Active Damping Control

ESC standard fitment and failure to protect young drivers

Evaluating Crash Avoidance Countermeasures Using Data from FMCSA/NHTSA's Large Truck Crash Causation Study

Evaluating Recent Seat Models in Rear-End Impacts According to Currently Discussed Consumer Test Proposals

Evaluating Vehicle Incompatibility Using Center of Velocity Change Methodology

Evaluation Methods for the Real World Effectiveness of Active Safety Systems

Evaluation of a Flexible Pedestrian Legform Impactor (FlexPLI) for the Implementation Within Legislation on Pedestrian Protection

Evaluation of Advanced Compatibility Frontal Structures Using the Progressive Deformable Barrier (PDB)

Evaluation of an Alternate Thorax Deflection Device in the SIDIIs ATD

Evaluation of Needs and Possibilities to Change the Requirements in the Regulations Regarding the Possibility of Observing the Surroundings in the N1 Vehicles

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Pedestrian Protection Systems Through In-Depth Accident Investigation, Reconstruction and Simulation

Evaluation of the Performance of Competitive Headforms as Test Tools for Interior Headform Testing

Evaluation of the RibEye Deflection Measurement System

Exploitable Characteristics of Driver Braking

Feasibility of Using Event Data Recorders to Characterize the Pre-Crash Behavior of Drivers in Rear-End Collisions

Field Test of a Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance System for Violations (CICAS-V)

Fireworthiness: A Final Report on the Technology Base

From 15 % to 90 % ESC Penetration in New Cars in 48 Months - The Swedish Experience

Fusion of In-Vehicle Sensor Data to Develop Intelligent Driver Training System (IDTS)

Future E/E-Architectures in the Safety Domain

Government Status Report European Enhanced Vehicle-Safety Committee

Government Status Report Federal Republic of Germany

Government Status Report France

Government Status Report Italy

Government Status Report Japan

Government Status Report Netherlands

Government Status Report Poland

Government Status Report Republic of Korea

Government Status Report Sweden

Government Status Report United States

GPS, Communication and Environmental Based Collision Mitigation System for Trucks

Head and Spinal Trajectories in Children and Adults Exposed to Low Speed Frontal Acceleration

How Often Do Front Airbags Fail to Deploy in Fatal Frontal Crashes?

How Tires Change a SUV's Performance in Fishhook and Sine with Dwell Testing

How to Use Mirrors

Impact and Injury Patterns in Frontal Crashes of Vehicles with Good Ratings for Frontal Crash Protection

Impact of Different Vehicle Models on Threat Assessment in Critical Curve Situations

Implications for HMI Design: Understanding Age Induced Limitations on In-Vehicle Task Complexity

Improvement of Airbag Performance Through Pre-Triggering

Improvement of the Positioning of Dummy and Vehicle Parts During a Crash

In-Depth Field Investigations of Belt-Restrained Children in Farside Crashes

Increased Safety and Reduction of Congestion by Using Driver Assistance Technology; Dream or Reality?

Influence of Alcohol Concentration and Braking Procedure on Motorcyclist Brake Reaction Time Using a Motorcycle Riding Simulator

Injury and Structural Trends During 12 Years of NCAP Frontal Offset Crash Tests

Injury Mechanisms to Mass Transit Bus Passengers During Frontal, Side and Rear Impact Crash Scenarios

Interacting Drivers at Intersections: What Can Make Them More Safe and More Efficient?

Intersection Road Accident Causation: A European View

Investigation for New Side Impact Test Procedures in Japan

Investigation of Facet Joint Response Under Rear Impact Conditions Using FE Model of the Cervical Spine

ISO 27956 - a New Standard Describing Requirements and Test Methods for Lashing Points and Partitioning Systems for Cargo Securing in Delivery Vans

Japan New Car Assessment Program for Minor Neck Injury Protection in Rear-End Collisions

Lane Departure Warning (LDW) Performance Evaluation

Lateral Glazing Characterization Under Head Impact: Experimental and Numerical Investigation

Load Transfer and Deformation Characteristics of the Pelvis in Non-Destructive Side Impact Testing

Logical Mediation Structures for Toyota's Driver Support Systems

Mainland European truck accidents in the UK - key issues for drivers

Material Characterization Levels for Crashworthiness Applications

Method of Driving Assistance System Design to Improve Human-Vehicle Interactions and Safety Technologies Developments for Trucks

Method to Assess the Effectiveness of Integrated Pedestrian Protection Safety Systems

Methodology Sensitivity of the AHOF400 and KW400

Methods and Procedures for Testing the E-Call In-Vehicle Unit for the Purpose of Its Performance Assessment and Certification

Misuse of Airbag Deactivation When Children Are Travelling in the Front Passenger Seat

Modeling and Prediction of Occupant Knee-Thigh-Hip Injuries

Modification of a Truck Front for Improved Kinematics in Run Over Accidents

New Approach of Accident Benefit Analysis for Rear End Collision Avoidance and Mitigation Systems

New Modular Assessment Methods for Pedestrian Protection in the Event of Head Impacts in the Windscreen Area

New Requirements to the Emergency Exits of Buses

New Test and Evaluation Methods for Future Car2X Communication Based Driver Assistance

NHTSA Research on Improved Restraints in Rollovers

NHTSA Tire Rolling Resistance Test Development Project - Phase 1

NHTSA's Class 8 Truck-Tractor Stability Control Test Track Effectiveness and Objective Performance Test Development

NHTSA's Initial Evaluation of Child Side Impact Test Procedures

NHTSA's Recent Test Program on Vehicle Compatibility

Numerical Simulation of Crash-Test for a Formula SAE Car

Objective and Subjective Evaluation of an Outrigger Construction on Rollover

Objective Rating of Signals Using Test and Simulation Responses

Opportunities for Protecting the Right Front Passenger in Frontal Crashes

Pedestrian Head Impact Dynamics: Comparison of Dummy and PMHS in Small Sedan and Large SUV Impacts

Pedestrian Injury Characteristics Following Road Traffic Collisions

Pedestrian Injury Mitigation by Autonomous Braking

Performance Analysis Methodology Based on Crash Pulse Severity and Vehicle Occupant Packaging for Full Frontal Crash Event

Performance of Vehicle Bumper Systems with the EEVC/TRL Pedestrian Lower Legform

Powered-Two-Wheeler Integrated Safety - First Results of the SIM Project

Pre-Crash Phase Analysis Using a Driving Simulator. Influence of Atypical Position on Injuries and Airbag Adaptation

PRE-SAFE(super R) in Rear End Collision Situations

Prediction of Pre-Impact Occupant Kinematic Behavior Based on the Muscle Activity During Frontal Collision

Predictive Pedestrian Protection - Sensor Requirements and Risk Assessment

Preparing the Future for Functional Safety of Automotive E/E-Systems

Priorities for Enhanced Side Impact Protection in Regulation 95 Compliant Cars

Protection of Overweight Children in Child Restraint Systems

Protection System for Far-Side Occupants in Lateral Crashes

Quantification of the Scattering Due to the Dummy Set-Up in Side Pole Impact

Rear Impact Injury Prevention and Protection

Rear Impact Test Methodologies: Quasistatic and Dynamic

Rear Occupant Protection JNCAP Test

Rear Seat Occupant Protection in Far Side Crashes

Reconsidering accident causation analysis and evaluating the safety benefits of technologies: final results of the TRACE Project

Reconstruction of a Real World Crash Involving a Child Using Hybrid III 10-Year Old and 5th Percentile Adult Female ATDs

Responses of Hybrid III 3YO and Q3 Dummies in Various CRSs Tested Using ECE R44 Impact Conditions

Results of NHTSA's Comparison of the Offset Deformable Barrier and the Progressive Deformable Barrier Test Procedures

Roof Strength and Injury Risk in Rollover Crashes of Passenger Cars and SUVs

Safer Restraint Systems for Children 6 to 10 Years Old

Safety Performance and Effectiveness of Driver Assistance Technologies, Test and Evaluation Procedures, Benefits Assessment

Safety Requirements for Cyclists During Leg Impacts

Single-Trial Detection of Cognitive Processes for Increasing Traffic Safety

Situation-Interpretation as a Key Enabler for Cost-Effective and Low-Risk Driver Assistance Systems with High Collision Mitigation Capabilities

Speed Limiting Trials in Australia

Stationary Video-Based Pedestrian Recognition for Driver Assistance Systems

Status of NHTSA's Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicle Safety Research Program

Study of FACE Design, Lighting System Design for Enhanced Detection Rate of Motorcycles

Study of Vehicle Dynamics and Occupant Response in Side Impact Crash Tests

Study on Improving Occupant Injury Performance for FMVSS214 Side Pole Impact

Study on Pre-Crash and Post-Crash Information Recorded in Electronic Computer Units (ECUs) Including Event Data Recorders

Study on Visibility and Discomfort Glare of Adaptive Frontal Lighting System (AFS) for Motorcycle

Summary of Activities of the Compatibility Working Group in Japan

Test and Evaluation of the Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance System for Violations (CICAS-V) Driver-Vehicle Interface

Test Program to Define Oblique Chest Loading in Side Impact

Testing and Verification of Active Safety Systems with Coordinated Automated Driving

Testing of Heavy Truck Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) in Order to Define an Acceptance Test Procedure

The Causes of Pedestrians' Head Injuries Following Collisions with Cars Registered in 2000 or Later

The Effect of ABS as a Preventive Safety Device: The Result of Statistical Analysis Using Integrated Road Traffic Accident Database

The Effect of Pre-Pretensioning in Multiple Impact Crashes

The Effectiveness of Rear-Mounted Mirrors for Improving Rear Visibility

The Effects of Automatic Emergency Braking on Fatal and Serious Injuries

The Influence of Subframe Geometry on a Vehicle's the Frontal Crash Response

The Mercedes-Benz Experimental Safety Vehicle (ESF) 2009

The Minicars RSV: Still a Car for the Future?

The Role of Vertical Roof Intrusion in Predicting Occupant Ejection

The Scatter of Pedestrian Upper-Leg Impactor

The Study for Dynamic Evaluation Method for Assessing Whiplash-Associated Disorder in Rear Impact

The US Side Impact Accident Causation Analysis and Potential Applications for Pre-Crash Safety

The Vision of Accident Free Driving - How Efficient Are We Actually In Avoiding or Mitigating Longitudinal Real World Accidents

Three years old child head-neck finite element modeling--simulation of the interaction with airbag in frontal and side impact

Uniform Application of NASS CDS Child Safety Data Definitions and Data Extraction

Universal Medical Rescue Protocol Changed: "High Speed Auto Crash" Changed to "High Risk Auto Crash" in the Field Triage Decision Scheme

Unprecedented Vehicle and Traffic Safety Integrating V2X Communication

Updated Analysis of Lower Extremity Injury Risk in Frontal Crashes in the United States

USA Ambulance Crashworthiness Frontal Impact Testing

Usage of Surround Sensor Information for Passive Safety - Challenges and Chances

Using Dedicated Short Range Communications for Vehicle Safety Applications - the Next Generation of Collision Avoidance

Validation of a Hardware in the Loop (HIL) Simulation for Use in Heavy Truck Stability Control System Effectiveness Research

Vehicle Roof Geometry and Its Effect on Rollover Roof Performance

Vehicle-To-Vehicle Communication for Enhanced Integrated Safety

Webbing Sensitivity as a Means for Limiting Occupant Excursion in Rollovers

Why Passenger Survivability Cannot Be Completely Assured in Front-To-Front Vehicle Impacts at Current Legal Speed Limits

WorldSID Production Dummy Biomechanical Responses

WorldSID Small Female Two-Dimensional Chest Deflection Sensors and Sensitivity to Oblique Impact