TY  - CONF
A1  - Barrios, J. M.
A1  - Busby, S. J.
A1  - Huguet, J.
A1  - Salvachúa, V.
A1  - Tejera, G.
T1  - In-depth accident investigation of rollovers as a basis for the development of new testing procedures
N2  - In-depth road traffic accident research in Spain is a fairly recent activity. In the past, only accident data that had been retrospectively processed by the national and regional traffic police forces was available. In 1999 Applus+IDIADA set up a permanent accident research unit to carry out indepth analysis of road accidents in Spain. Since then accidents involving cars, motorcycles, coaches and vulnerable road users have been thoroughly studied. The Applus+IDIADA accident research team has carried out work for the various traffic polices in Spain and it is currently involved in several research projects in which accidentology is one of the main tasks. The working methodology of the team is presented in the first part of the paper. In the framework of the European research project "Rollover" (GRD2-2001-50086), Applus+IDIADA has collected data, inspected scenarios and performed virtual reconstructions of twenty-six of the total seventy-six rollover accidents studied. The second half of the paper describes how these accident investigations were used to develop a test procedure for identifying possible improvements to the vehicle structure which augment occupant protection in a rollover scenario. In particular, a proposal for a new drop test for rollover assessment is presented. The cases were analysed for severity, in terms of injury to the occupants and damage to the vehicle, and taking into account whether a seatbelt was worn or not. The worst possible cases were identified as those that had severe occupant injuries and sizable damage to the occupant compartment when seatbelts had been worn. The most severe cases were then analysed further for impact position (roll and pitch angles) and the impact velocity. With these parameters taken into account, the most representative combinations could be found. This resulted in a series of configurations for possible drop tests. The results of the tests indicate where passenger vehicle structures need to be improved in order to increase occupant safety in the event of a rollover crash.
KW  - Benutzung
KW  - Fahrzeug
KW  - Fußgänger
KW  - Insasse
KW  - Karosserie
KW  - Konferenz
KW  - Motorrad
KW  - PKW
KW  - Radfahrer
KW  - Reisebus
KW  - Sachschaden
KW  - Schweregrad (Unfall, Verletzung)
KW  - Sicherheitsgurt
KW  - Spanien
KW  - Überschlagen
KW  - Unfall
KW  - Untersuchung am Unfallort
KW  - Verbesserung
KW  - Vermeidung
KW  - Versuch
KW  - Accident
KW  - Body (car)
KW  - Car
KW  - Coach
KW  - Conference
KW  - Cyclist
KW  - Damage
KW  - Improvement
KW  - Motorcycle
KW  - On the spot accident investigation
KW  - Overturning (veh)
KW  - Pedestrian
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Safety belt
KW  - Severity (accid, injury)
KW  - Spain
KW  - Test
KW  - Use
KW  - Vehicle
KW  - Vehicle occupant
Y1  - 2005
UR  - https://bast.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/419
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:opus-bast-4195
ER  -