TY - CONF A1 - Kühn, Matthias A1 - Bende, Jenoe A1 - Sferco, Raimondo A1 - Schäfer, Roland A1 - Georgi, Andreas A1 - Niewöhner, Walter A1 - Schepers, Andreas A1 - Pastor, Claus-Henry A1 - Scheerer, Joachim T1 - Safety of light goods vehicles - findings from the German joint project of BASt, DEKRA, UDV and VDA N2 - Light goods vehicles (LGVs) are an important part of the vehicle fleet, providing a vital component in the European transportation system. On the other hand, LGVs are in the focus of public discussion regarding road safety. In order to analyse the accident situation of LGVs in an objective manner, Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt), VDA, DEKRA and German Insurers Accident Research (UDV) launched a joint project. The aim of this project, which will be finished by mid of 2011, is to identify reasonable measures which will further improve the safety of LGVs. For the first time, these partners jointly together conducted a research project and put together their know-how in accident research. Analyses are based on real-life accident data from the GIDAS database, the Accident Database of UDV (UDB), the DEKRA database and national statistics. The findings deliver answers to questions within the arena of future legislative actions and consumer protection activities. The analyses of databases cover areas of primary and secondary safety of LGVs with a special focus on advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), driver behaviour as well as partner and occupant protection. Key figures from national statistics are used to highlight hotspots of accidents of LGVs in Germany. Finally, the proposed countermeasures are assessed regarding their potential effectiveness. Amongst others, the results show that the accident situation of LGVs is very similar to that of passenger cars. Noteworthy variations could be found in collisions with pedestrians, at reversing and regarding accident causes. Occupant safety of LGVs is on a higher level compared to cars. Results indicate that seatbelt use is on a significantly lower level compared to cars. This leads to higher-than-average injury risk for unbelted LGV occupants. When it comes to partner protection, there are problems with compatibility at LGVs. For car occupants there is a very high injury risk when colliding with a LGV. It indicates that higher passive safety test standards for LGVs would be counterproductive if they further increase stiffness of LGVs. The analysis of LGV-pedestrian accidents shows that pedestrian kinematic differs significantly from car-pedestrian accidents. At this point, existing pedestrian related test standards developed for cars cannot be adopted to LGVs. When it comes to active safety, ESC proved its effectiveness once again. Beyond that, rear view cameras, advanced emergency braking systems and lane departure warning systems show a safety potential, too. In addition to any technical countermeasures previously discussed, the importance of the driver behavior and attitude regarding the accident risk was investigated. In order to develop successful actions it is important to understand the main target population. In the case of LGV especially the crafts business and smaller companies are the major contributors the safety issue. KW - Analyse (math) KW - Autobahn KW - Benutzung KW - Deutschland KW - Fahrer KW - Fahrleistung KW - Fußgänger KW - Kleintransporter KW - Kompatibilität KW - Konferenz KW - Landstraße KW - Schweregrad (Unfall KW - Verletzung) KW - Sicherheitsgurt KW - Unfallhäufigkeit KW - Ursache KW - Verhalten KW - Accident rate KW - Analysis (math) KW - Behaviour KW - Cause KW - Compatibility KW - Conference KW - Delivery vehicle KW - Driver KW - Germany KW - Motorway KW - Pedestrian KW - Rural road KW - Safety belt KW - Severity (accid KW - injury) KW - Use KW - Vehicle mile Y1 - 2011 UR - https://bast.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/707 N1 - Weiterhin beteiligt: Ford Deutschland; Robert-Bosch GmbH; DEKRA; Daimler AG. Volltext: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/esv/esv22/22ESV-000202.pdf ER -