Cost benefit analysis
- Although the number of road accident casualties in Europe is falling the problem still remains substantial. In 2011 there were still over 30,000 road accident fatalities [EC 2012]. Approximately half of these were car occupants and about 60 percent of these occurred in frontal impacts. The next stage to improve a car- safety performance in frontal impacts is to improve its compatibility for car-to-car impacts and for collisions against objects and HGVs. Compatibility consists of improving both a car- self and partner protection in a manner such that there is good interaction with the collision partner and the impact energy is absorbed in the car- frontal structures in a controlled way which results in a reduction of injuries. Over the last ten years much research has been performed which has found that there are four main factors related to a car- compatibility [Edwards 2003, Edwards 2007]. These are structural interaction potential, frontal force matching, compartment strength and the compartment deceleration pulse and related restraint system performance. The objective of the FIMCAR FP7 EC-project was to develop an assessment approach suitable for regulatory application to control a car- frontal impact and compatibility crash performance and perform an associated cost benefit analysis for its implementation.
Author: | Mervyn Edwards, Marcus WischORCiD, Claus Pastor, Jennifer Price, Jeremy Broughton, Thorsten Adolph |
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Document Type: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2014/01/31 |
Year of first publication: | 2014 |
Contributing corporation: | Institut für Land- und Seeverkehr |
Release Date: | 2014/01/31 |
Tag: | Anfahrversuch; Bewertung; Fahrzeug; Kompatibilität; Schlag; Sicherheit; Verfahren; Versuch Compatibility; Evaluation (assessment); Impact test (veh); Method; Safety; Shock; Test; Vehicle |
Comment: | Link zum Volltext: http://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-tuberlin/frontdoor/index/index/docId/4092 |
Source: | Kapitel XIII aus: FIMCAR - Frontal Impact and Compatibility Assessment Research |
Institutes: | Abteilung Fahrzeugtechnik / Abteilung Fahrzeugtechnik |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 62 Ingenieurwissenschaften / 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten |
collections: | BASt-Beiträge / ITRD Sachgebiete / 91 Fahrzeugkonstruktion |