Title
Overview of main accident parameters in car-to-cyclist accidents for use in AEB-system test protocol
Author
Uittenbogaard, J.
op den Camp, O.M.G.C.
van Montfort, S.
Publication year
2016
Abstract
The number of fatalities in road traffic accidents in Europe is decreasing. Unfortunately, the number of fatalities among cyclists does not follow this trend with the same rate [1]. The au-tomotive industry is making a significant effort in the development and implementation of safety systems in cars to avoid or mitigate an imminent crash with vulnerable road users, in-cluding cyclists. The current state-of-the-art of active safety systems, Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB), is being widely introduced. From 2018, AEB systems dedicated to avoid or miti-gate car-to-cyclist collisions will be considered in the safety assessment by Euro NCAP. To sup-port and prepare the introduction of Cyclist-AEB systems and the resulting consumer tests of such systems, an appropriate test protocol has been developed in the project CATS (Cyclist-AEB Testing System) with car manufacturers and automotive suppliers. In a previous paper [4], the most relevant accident scenarios for fatal and seriously injured car-to-cyclist collisions were identified, using an in-depth road accident study with data from Germany, the Nether-lands, Sweden, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom. In this paper a description is given how the distributions for the most relevant accident parameters in the identified accident scenarios have been determined. The CATS project resulted in a test protocol, including test parameters based on the distributions for the accident parameters, and a test setup. The results of the project have been shared with Euro NCAP.
Subject
Mechanics, Materials and Structures
IVS - Integrated Vehicle Safety
TS - Technical Sciences
Traffic
Mobility
Cyclist
Autonomous Emergency Braking
AEB
Parameters
Test scenarios
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TNO identifier
574523
Publisher
ICSC, Helmond
Bibliographical note
International Cycling Safety Conference 2016, 3-4 November 2016, Bolonga, Italy
Document type
conference paper