European accident statistics related to car-to-truck frontal collisions
conference paper
In 1993 the European Experimental Vehicles Committee (EEVC) has set up Working Group 14 to develop a test procedure for energy-absorbing front underrun protection systems (FUPS) for trucks. For this purpose the working group proposed a research programme, describing a stepwise approach to achieve this objective. This paper reports on the first results of the project dealing with accident investigation and results from car-to-truck frontal crash tests with a front underrun protection device (FUPD) according to ECE Regulation No. 93 . For the first time accident data of several European countries have been connected to give an overview about the accident scene in Europe with respect to car-to-truck frontal collisions. A representative accident type is defined as a basis for crash testing. Car-to-truck frontal crash tests with a FUPD according to the ECE Regulation are described and the results are discussed.
TNO Identifier
362183
Article nr.
ESV Paper 96-S11-O-01
Source title
15th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV), 13-17 May, 1996, Melbourne, Australia
Collation
10 p.
Pages
1814-1822
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