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- Sonstige (1109) (entfernen)
In Deutschland existieren bereits seit Jahren viele leistungsfähige Telematiksysteme und Referenzarchitekturen für Teilbereiche, z. B. TLS (BASt, 2002) und MARZ (BASt, 1999) zum Aufbau von Verkehrsbeeinflussungsanlagen an Bundesfernstraßen. Die Entwicklungen solcher Systeme in Deutschland gehen bis in die 1990er Jahre und davor zurück. Zum Teil wurden diese Ansätze auch von anderen Ländern übernommen und sind dort erfolgreich implementiert. Bislang fehlt aber in Deutschland ein nationaler Orientierungsrahmen für den Aufbau und die Vernetzung von Telematiksystemen, sodass viele Implementierungen als unvernetzte Insellösungen betrieben werden und mögliche Synergien ungenutzt bleiben. Die Vorteile einer übergreifenden ITS-Architektur wurden bereits durch zahlreiche Arbeiten seit den frühen 1990er Jahren belegt und sind heute unstrittig. In anderen Ländern liegen solche nationalen Orientierungsrahmen bereits seit Jahren vor. Die USA hat als erstes Land im Jahr 1996 eine nationale ITS-Architektur (NITSA) veröffentlicht, die bis heute bereits zur sechsten Version fortgeschrieben wurde. Im Rahmen dieser Entwicklungen wurde ein ganzes Netz an Zuständigkeiten und Organisationseinheiten eingerichtet, um eine effiziente und nachhaltige Nutzung der NITSA zu gewährleisten. Auch rechtliche Maßnahmen wurden ergriffen, um eine Verbindlichkeit für die Anwendung der ITS-Architektur in Teilen zu erreichen und deren Verbreitung zu sichern. Viele andere Länder ausserhalb und innerhalb Europas besitzen ebenfalls seit Jahren eigene nationale ITS-Architekturen. Auf europäischer Ebene gibt es bereits seit den frühen 1990er Jahren Forschungsprojekte zu einer europaweit harmonisierten ITS-Architektur. Mit KAREN wurde im Jahr 2000 die erste Version einer europäischen ITS-Rahmenarchitektur veröffentlicht. In den FRAME-Projekten, bis hin zum aktuellen Projekt E-FRAME, wurde und wird diese ITS-Architektur fortgeschrieben. In der europäischen Verkehrspolitik spielt die Telematik eine wesentliche Rolle. Mit dem Aktionsplan zur Einführung von ITS in Europa (KOM(2008) 886) oder dem Richtlinienvorschlag zur Festlegung eines Rahmens für die Einführung von ITS im Straßenverkehr (KOM(2008) 887) sind gezielte Maßnahmen, auch im Hinblick auf eine europäische ITS-Architektur, in Vorbereitung. Deutschland nimmt im Angesicht dieser Entwicklungen eine Sonderrolle ein, weil hier noch kein Orientierungsrahmen zum Aufbau einer nationalen ITS-Architektur geschaffen wurde. Dass solch ein Orientierungsrahmen anzustreben ist, wird von allen beteiligten Interessengruppen aus dem Bereich ITS gleichermaßen vertreten. Im Rahmen dieses Forschungsprojekts wurde ein Workshop durchgeführt, der dies deutlich bestätigte. Das wesentliche Ziel dieses Forschungsprojekts bestand darin, aus den Entwicklungsprozessen und Erfahrungen in anderen Ländern und den bisherigen Erfahrungen im Inland Empfehlungen für den Aufbau einer nationalen ITS-Architektur in Deutschland abzuleiten. Dazu wurden zunächst im Rahmen einer Strukturierung Begriffsbestimmungen vorgenommen und ein Beschreibungs- und Bewertungsschema für die Analyse von ITS-Architekturen entwickelt. Ein Workshop wurde durchgeführt, um einen Eindruck über die Standpunkte der beteiligten Interessengruppen zu gewinnen und festzustellen, wie der Prozess für die Entwicklung einer nationalen ITS-Architektur in Deutschland begonnen werden könnte. Im Anschluss an diese Arbeiten wurden zum einen eine Auswahl von Beispielen für ITS-Architekturen in Deutschland und zum anderen nationale ITS-Architekturen weltweit analysiert. Aus den Analysen wurden Handlungsempfehlungen für die Entwicklung einer ITS-Architektur für Deutschland abgeleitet. Diese Empfehlungen beziehen sich zum einen auf den gesamten Prozess zur Erstellung und Fortschreibung einer nationalen ITS-Architektur und zum anderen auf die Inhalte der zu erarbeiteten Dokumente wie des nationalen ITS-Leitbilds und des nationalen ITS-Rahmenplans, der Rahmenarchitektur und der Referenzarchitekturen. Als Ergebnis dieses Forschungsprojekts wurden 40 Empfehlungen für den Aufbau einer nationalen ITS-Architektur in Deutschland formuliert.
Elektronik und IT werden auch im Automobilbereich zunehmend Gegenstand unautorisierter Veränderungen. Diese Studie stellt einen ersten, breiteren Überblick über die praktische Relevanz elektronischer Veränderungen an Fahrzeug- und Infrastruktursystemen dar. Es liefert einen Überblick über wesentliche bekannte und existente Beispiele von Möglichkeiten derartiger Veränderungen, das Risiko ihres Auftretens und damit verbundene Gefahren. Die Ergebnisse basieren auf einer Recherche, die neben wissenschaftlichen Quellen insbesondere das Internet als neues, interaktives Medium einbezieht. Es werden Abschätzungen zur praktischen Relevanz dieser Veränderungen vorgenommen und potentielle Folgen insbesondere für die Verkehrssicherheit reflektiert. Praktische Hinweise auf elektronische Veränderungen sind an 24 Fahrzeug- und Infrastruktursystemen dokumentiert, die als Ziel teils mehrerer Arten von elektronischen Veränderungen identifiziert wurden. Dies erstreckt sich über verschiedene Domänen wie u.a. den Antriebstrang, das Fahrwerk, Infotainment, Fahrerassistenz und mehrere Infrastrukturkomponenten. Diese Systematisierung enthält zudem eine Klassifikation der agierenden Personen, wobei deren individuelle Motivationen, technische Kenntnisse und Ausstattung unterschieden werden. Das Spektrum potentiell resultierender Gefahren wird einerseits theoretisch anhand der erstellten Systematisierungen aufgezeigt und andererseits an 19 Rechercheergebnissen aus verschiedenen Bereichen illustriert. Die so vorgenommene Analyse des Gefährdungspotentials wird ergänzt durch einen Ausblick auf potentielle zukünftige Gefährdungen, die sich insbesondere in kommenden Car-to-Car Kommunikationsnetzen ergeben könnten und die weitere Erforschung von Schutzkonzepten motivieren. Während die recherchierten Veränderungen heute noch meist vom Nutzer ausgehen und das Gefährdungspotential häufig unbeabsichtigt entsteht, könnte zukünftig das vorsätzliche Herbeiführen von Gefährdungen an Bedeutung gewinnen.
Ziel des bearbeiteten Forschungsvorhabens war die Untersuchung des Verhaltens von Brücken aus hochfestem Beton. Im Rahmen des vorliegenden Vorhabens wurden drei bestehende Brücken aus hochfestem Beton hinsichtlich der visuell zu bewertenden Oberflächenbeschaffenheit und der mit Hilfe von Messungen ermittelten Karbonatisierungstiefe und Chlorideindringung bewertet: eine Brücke im Zuge der Straße nach Wölkau über die BAB A 17, BW-Nr. 5048569; die Überführung des Eigentümerweges "Freihamer Allee" über die BAB A 96/99, BW-Nr. 7834699; sowie Bauwerk 27-1 Überführung eines Wirtschaftsweges, Buchloe, BW-Nr. 7930585. Dabei konnte festgestellt werden, dass sich der hochfeste Beton hinsichtlich der Karbonatisierungstiefen wie erwartet als sehr dauerhaft erweist. Durch seine dichte Struktur ist nahezu keine Karbonatisierung an den Bauteilen aus hochfestem Beton zu verzeichnen. Lediglich die aus hochfestem Beton hergestellten Pfeiler der Brücken Buchloe und Freihamer Allee zeigen Netzrisse, die auf ungenügende Nachbehandlung der Bauteile zurückgeführt werden könnte. Weiterhin wurde an der Muldebruecke Glauchau der bereits vor Verkehrsfreigabe durchgeführte Belastungstest wiederholt, bei der die damaligen Lastpositionen erneut aufgebracht wurden. Auch hier konnte gezeigt werden, dass sich das hervorragende Tragverhalten auch nach acht Jahren der Nutzung unverändert zeigt. Die große Steifigkeit des Überbaus ist unverändert. Insgesamt konnte festgestellt werden, dass die untersuchten Brücken aus hochfestem Beton die an sie gestellten Anforderungen hinsichtlich Dauerhaftigkeit und Tragverhalten erfüllen. Eventuell wäre zu überprüfen, inwieweit andere Bauteile (insbesondere Pfeiler) aus hochfestem Beton eine ähnliche Netzrissbildung aufweisen. Bei einem Vergleich der Bautagebücher ließen sich möglicherweise Rückschlüsse auf die Einflussfaktoren auf die Rissbildung ziehen.
Eine Bewertung für Betone, die den Anforderungen der Expositionsklasse XF2 genügen sollen, ist derzeit nur nach dem deskriptiven Konzept möglich. Um den Frost-Tausalz-Widerstand von Betonen in der Expositionsklasse XF2 durch ein Laborprüfverfahren nachweisen zu können, wurde in den letzten Jahren das modifizierte CDF-Verfahren (XF2) entwickelt, das einen abgeschwächten Frost-Tausalz-Angriff gemäß XF2-Exposition erzeugt und eine Beurteilung des Frost-Tausalz-Widerstandes bei mäßiger Sättigung zulässt. Hierbei wird bei gleicher Abkühlrate wie beim bekannten CDF-Verfahren für die Exposition XF4 die Minimaltemperatur auf -10 -°C angehoben und die Prüfdauer auf 14 Frost-Tau-Wechsel verkürzt. Aufgrund der geringen Datenbasis war es bisher nicht möglich ein Abnahmekriterium festzulegen, mit dem für die Expositionsklasse XF2 geeignete Betonzusammensetzungen zuverlässig von ungeeigneten unterschieden werden können. Auch konnte das Prüfverfahren für eine Validierung noch nicht ausreichend charakterisiert werden. Eine Validierung des Prüfverfahrens würde es ermöglichen, Betonmischungen auch in der Expositionsklasse XF2 zu bewerten. Die Ziele des Forschungsvorhabens waren deshalb, eine Empfehlung für ein an der Praxis orientiertes Abnahmekriterium zu geben und das modifizierte CDF-Verfahren (XF2) zu validieren. Da eine Bewertung des Frost-Tausalz-Widerstands über ein Laborprüfverfahren nur dann möglich ist, wenn ein an der Praxis orientierter Grenzwert vorliegt, wurde auf Basis der Prüfung von 17 verschiedenen Betonrezepturen eine Empfehlung für ein Abnahmekriterium von 1000 g/m-² mittlerer aufsummierter Abwitterung nach 14 Frost-Tau-Wechseln gegeben. Dieses Kriterium gilt für die untersuchten Betone, die bis auf die Mindestdruckfestigkeit die Anforderungen an die DIN-Normen erfüllen. Um die Prüfstreuung des modifizierten CDF-Verfahrens (XF2) zu beurteilen und damit die Qualität des Prüfverfahrens abschätzen zu können, wurden die Präzisionsdaten in Anlehnung an DIN ISO 5725 ermittelt. Die Präzision ist ein wichtiges Kriterium für die Qualität eines Prüfverfahrens. Die Wiederholpräzision wurde am cbm der TU München durch die Prüfung von 29 Betonen mit 17 verschiedenen Zusammensetzungen bestimmt. Bei einer mittleren Abwitterung von 1500 g/m-² lag die Wiederholpräzision mit rund 13 % leicht über der Wiederholpräzision, die für das bereits bekannte CDF-Verfahren ermittelt wurde. Für eine mittlere aufsummierte Abwitterung von 1000 g/m-² ergibt sich ein Variationskoeffizient von 13,9 %. Die Präzision unter Zwischenbedingungen umfasst den Einfluss aus der Betoncharge (Zeit) sowie aus unterschiedlichen Bearbeitern und Prüfgeräten. Die in diesem Forschungsvorhaben durchgeführten Untersuchungen zeigten mit einem Variationskoeffizienten von 18% bei einer mittleren Abwitterung von 1000 g/m-² eine verhältnismäßig geringe Streuung der Prüfergebnisse unter Zwischenbedingungen. Die Vergleichspräzision gibt das Maximum der Streuung an. Sie wird durch Messungen unter veränderlichen Bedingungen (verschiedenen Labors, verschiedenen Bearbeiter und verschiedene Geräteausstattung) ermittelt. Zur Bestimmung der Vergleichspräzision wurde ein Ringversuch durchgeführt, an dem sich fünf deutsche Institute beteiligten. Untersucht wurden drei Betone, die sich deutlich in ihrem Frost-Tausalz-Widerstand unterschieden. Die Betonqualitäten konnten eindeutig voneinander unterschieden werden. Alle Institute ermittelten für jeden Beton eine Steigung im Abwitterungsverlauf, die der erwarteten Schädigung entsprach. Bei einer mittleren Abwitterung von 1000 g/m-² ergab sich ein Variationskoeffizient unter Vergleichsbedingungen von 26 %. Zusammenfassend kann festgestellt werden, dass das modifizierte CDF-Verfahren (XF2) gemäß DIN EN ISO 17025 validiert ist. Die Korrelation zur Praxis wurde bereits in einem vorangegangen Forschungsvorhaben festgestellt. Für die hier untersuchten Betone wurde ein Abnahmekriterium von 1000 g/m-² mittlerer aufsummierter Abwitterung nach 14 Frost-Tau-Wechseln abgeleitet. Die Präzision des modifizierten CDF-Verfahrens (XF2) liegt in der Größenordnung anderer etablierter Festbetonprüfungen (zum Beispiel der Druckfestigkeitsprüfung). Demnach liefert das modifizierte CDF-Verfahren (XF2) reproduzierbare und präzise Ergebnisse.
Volkswirtschaftliche Gesichtspunkte beim Bau und der Unterhaltung von Brückenbauwerken erfordern ein effektives Lebenszyklusmanagement. Ein wesentliches Ziel besteht dabei in der zuverlässigen Prognose der Schadensentwicklung. Die Kenntnis über Mechanismen und Auswirkungen einzelner dauerhaftigkeitsrelevanter Beanspruchungen bzw. Schädigungsarten ist relativ weit fortgeschritten. Demgegenüber ist das Wissen über die Wirkungsweise kombiniert auftretender Beanspruchungen an Betonbauwerken bislang unzureichend. Dies gilt auch für den Fall, dass gleichzeitig singuläre Risiken, wie beispielsweise Ausführungsmängel oder Lagerschäden vorliegen. Gerade aber kombinierte Einwirkungen und bereits vorhandene Mängel sind für massive Schäden an Brücken maßgeblich verantwortlich. Diese Problematik wurde im Rahmen der vorliegenden Machbarkeitsstudie eingehend beleuchtet. Zunächst wurden im Rahmen einer umfangreichen Literatursichtung die vorhandenen dauerhaftigkeitsrelevanten Einwirkungen auf Brücken identifiziert sowie deren mögliche Modellierung in Form von Schädigungs-Zeit-Gesetzen aufgezeigt und eingehend diskutiert. In einem nächsten Schritt konnten die bei Brückenbauwerken vorzufindenden Interaktionen zwischen den kombiniert auftretenden dauerhaftigkeitsrelevanten Einwirkungen und singulären Risiken auf der Basis einer Literatursichtung erfasst und in Form einer Interaktionsmatrix anschaulich dargestellt werden. Die verschiedenen Methoden zur Sicherstellung der Dauerhaftigkeit von Betonkonstruktionen wurden aufgezeigt sowie die Grundzüge einer System- und Risikoanalyse vorgestellt. Anhand ausgewählter Bespiele aus der Fachliteratur wurde die prinzipielle Vorgehensweise bei unterschiedlichen Methoden zur Dauerhaftigkeitsbeurteilung dargestellt. Besondere Beachtung galt dabei dem aktuellen Stand der Forschung im Umgang mit kombiniert auftretenden Einwirkungen. Im Ergebnis der umfangreichen Literaturstudie konnte festgestellt werden, dass kombinierte Einwirkungen als Problem im Bereich des Betonbrückenbaus bekannt sind, ihre Erfassung und Modellierung jedoch weder zeitvariante Schädigungs-Zeit-Gesetze noch baustofftechnologische Interaktionen berücksichtigen. Auf der Grundlage der in der Literatur gewonnenen Erkenntnisse wurde ein Ansatz für eine um diese beiden entscheidenden Punkte erweiterte System- und Risikoanalyse erarbeitet. Dieser Ansatz besteht darin, über die Verwendung geeigneter Schädigungs-Zeit-Gesetze und grenzzustandsbezogener Betrachtungen Lebensdauerprognosen durchzuführen. Hierdurch wird eine wirklichkeitsnahe Beurteilung der Dauerhaftigkeit möglich. Die Interaktion der Schädigungsmechanismen wird über einen Faktor η, der die baustofftechnologischen Veränderungen des Betons infolge einer anderen Einwirkung berücksichtigt, in das Modell aufgenommen. Das erarbeitete Konzept wurde durch exemplarische, computergestuetzte Beispielrechnungen hinsichtlich seiner Anwendbarkeit bestätigt. Bis zur Praxiseinführung dieser Methode bedarf es jedoch noch umfangreicher Ausarbeitungen und gezielter weiterführender Forschung.
Untersuchungen zur Querkraftbemessung von Spannbetonbalken mit girlandenförmiger Spanngliedführung
(2011)
Die Literaturrecherche zeigte, dass seit Beginn der Spannbetonbemessung der innere Hebelarm z auf der Grundlage von Annahmen bestimmt wird, die zum Teil stark variieren. Dies liegt vor allem daran, dass die Querkraftbemessung ursprünglich an Stahlbetonbauteilen hergeleitet wurde. Für Spannbetonbauteile wird in der Literatur ein Hebelarm von z=0,67d bis z=0,90d vorgeschlagen. Alle Quellen sind sich darüber einig, dass der Querkrafttraganteil der geneigten Spannglieder zu berücksichtigen ist. Des Weiteren sind Unterschiede in den aktuellen Normen zu finden. Während im DIN FB 102 im Allgemeinen der innere Hebelarm z aus dem Nachweis im GZT infolge Biegung mit oder ohne Längskraft im gleichen Querschnitt aus dem zugehörigen Moment verwendet werden soll, wird in der DIN 1045-1 nichts dergleichen erwähnt, sondern es darf z=0,9d angesetzt werden, sofern eine ausreichende Längsbewehrung aus Betonstahl vorhanden ist. Der EC 2 erlaubt hingegen den inneren Hebelarm z aus dem maximalen Biegemoment im betrachteten Bauteil zu berechnen. In einigen Literaturquellen, so auch im EC 2 wird außerdem gefordert, dass bei Bauteilen mit geneigten Spanngliedern ausreichend Betonstahllängsbewehrung im Zuggurt einzulegen ist. Die Auswertung der Stuttgarter Versuche zeigte, dass bei der Frage nach dem korrekten Ansatz für z zwei Bereiche zu unterscheiden sind. In dem Bereich, in dem die Schubrisse aus Biegeanrissen am Querschnittsrand entstehen ändert der Schubriss auf Höhe der Spannglieder seine Neigung. Die Änderung des Neigungswinkels ist abhängig von den Steifigkeitsverhältnissen der Zugbänder. Für diesen Bereich wird ein Ansatz vorgeschlagen, bei dem die Querschnittsflächen des Spannstahls Ap und Betonstahl As mit den für den Schub maßgebenden Spannungen gewichtet werden. Der Bereich, in dem die Spannglieder überdrückt sind und die flacher verlaufenden Schubrisse ohne Neigungswechsel kurz über die Spannglieder hinweg verlaufen, erstreckt sich horizontal vom Auflager bis zu ca. 1,5h. Hier wird das Stegfachwerk wesentlich entlastet durch den Druckbogen, der sich bei den hier untersuchten Trägern aufgrund der sehr schwachen schlaffen Zuggurtbewehrung zusammen mit der sich bis zum Auflager durchlaufenden Druckstrebe fast ausschließlich auf den Spannanker abstützt. Die Größe der gegebenenfalls erforderlichen schlaffen Zuggurtbewehrung für die Abdeckung der Zugkraft am Auflager muss noch untersucht werden.
Vor dem Hintergrund der erwarteten zukünftigen Klimaentwicklung mit veränderten Temperatur- und Niederschlagsverhältnissen wird das Gefährdungspotential für Schutzgüter durch Böschungsrutschungen möglicherweise ansteigen. Für den Neu- und Ausbau von Bundesfernstraßen und für die Unterhaltung des bestehenden Straßennetzes können sich hieraus zwangsläufig höhere Risiken ergeben. Daher soll eine geeignete Methodik zur Abschätzung des zukünftigen Gefährdungspotentials durch Rutschungen entwickelt und diese an Fallbeispielen angewendet werden. Anhand einer exemplarischen Auswahl von drei regionaltypischen Fallbeispielen, der Altmündener Wand (Südniedersachsen), dem Rutschhang Pünderich (Moseltal) und dem Wißberg (Rheinhessen) wurde eine Bewertung der dort bereits eingetretenen Rutschereignisse im besonderen Hinblick auf klimatologische Einflussgrößen durchgeführt. Die Rutschereignisse wurden mit gemessenen Niederschlags- und Temperaturdaten (Beobachtungsdaten) des Deutschen Wetterdienstes korreliert, wobei sowohl der Rutschungszeitpunkt als auch der Zeitraum vor einem Rutschereignis berücksichtigt wurde. Zur Abschätzung der zukünftigen Klimaentwicklung in den drei Regionen und der damit möglicherweise verbundenen Zunahme von Rutschungen wurden simulierte Klimaparameter aus dem regionalen Klimamodell REMO (Szenario A1B) verwendet. Dabei wurden die Parameter Niederschlag, Starkniederschlagsereignis und Frost ausgewählt, die sich bereits bei der Analyse mittels der Beobachtungsdaten als rutschungsrelevant herausgestellt haben. Es erfolgte eine Korrelation der Beobachtungsdaten mit den Klimamodelldaten für heutiges Klima (Kontrolllauf). Mittels des Vergleiches der Kontrolllaufdaten mit den entsprechenden Klimamodelldaten für zukünftiges Klima (Szenariolauf) wurde eine erste Trendbetrachtung der zukünftigen Klimaentwicklung innerhalb der drei Untersuchungsgebiete vorgenommen. In allen drei Untersuchungsgebieten ist der Trend in Bezug auf die Klimaänderung gleich, allerdings ist die Varianz bei den einzelnen Klimaparametern unterschiedlich. Die Sommerhalbjahre sind zum einen durch die generelle Abnahme der Niederschlagsmenge und zum anderen durch die Zunahme von Starkniederschlagsereignissen gekennzeichnet. In den Winterhalbjahren werden die Niederschlagsmenge und vor allem die Starkniederschlagsereignisse zunehmen. Hinzu kommt die deutliche Abnahme sowohl der einzelnen Frosttage als auch der Frostperioden. Diese klimatische Entwicklung wird sich auf die Eintrittswahrscheinlichkeit und das Schadensausmaß von Rutschungen dahingehend auswirken, dass bei Lockergesteinsböschungen mit einer Zunahme von oberflächennahen Rutschungen, Schlamm- und Schuttströmen im Sommerhalbjahr und einem Anstieg des Rutschungsrisikos gegen Ende des Winterhalbjahres zu rechnen ist. Bei Festgesteinsböschungen werden zunehmende Verwitterungs- und Erosionsprozesse zu einer erhöhten Rutschungshäufigkeit führen. Da sich klimatische Veränderungen regional zeitlich verzögert einstellen werden, wurde eine empirisch-statistische Einschätzung und eine Ausweisung regionaler Gefährdungsbereiche in Hinblick auf zeitabhängige Eintrittswahrscheinlichkeiten von Rutschungen entlang des Bundesfernstraßennetzes vorgenommen. Dies erfolgte mittels eines graphischen klimatisch-ingenieurgeologischen Modellansatzes für jedes Fallbeispiel. Dabei wurden die Klimaparameter aus dem Klimamodell mit dem rutschungsrelevanten ingenieurgeologischen Parameter Böschungsneigung verschnitten und korreliert, was mit Hilfe des jeweiligen digitalen Geländemodells realisiert wurde. Zusätzlich wurden das digitale Bundesfernstraßennetz und ein digitales Punktekataster von Rutschereignissen in das Modell integriert. Für die Abschätzung des Gefährdungspotentials wurden die Daten aus der Kontrolllauf-Zeitperiode 1971-2000 mit den Daten der Szenariolauf-Zeitperiode 2011-2100 korreliert. Die entsprechenden prozentualen Abweichungen für jeden einzelnen Parameter wurden in Bezug auf ihre Relevanz für das Auslösen von Rutschungen zum einen jahreszeitlich und zum anderen über das Jahr betrachtet und bewertet, wobei auch die Gewichtung aus ingenieurgeologischer Sicht berücksichtigt wurde. Im Ergebnis ist in allen drei Modellgebieten tendenziell im Sommerhalbjahr zwischen 2011 und 2080 und im Winterhalbjahr ab der zweiten Jahrhunderthälfte mit einem erhöhten Rutschungsrisiko zu rechnen. Durch die Korrelation der Klimaparameter mit der Böschungsneigung kann das zukünftige Gefährdungspotential durch Rutschungen entlang des Bundesfernstraßennetzes in einem ersten Schritt zeitabhängig eingestuft und somit abgeschätzt werden. Durch die Weiterentwicklung des Modells könnte so eine bundesweite Risikokarte generiert werden.
Entwicklung eines methodischen Rahmenkonzepts für Verhaltensbeobachtung im fließenden Verkehr
(2012)
Vielfach soll durch Verkehrsbeobachtung die Entwicklung des Verkehrsverhaltens im Zeitverlauf aufgezeigt und/oder die Wirksamkeit von Verkehrssicherheitsmaßnahmen bewertet werden. Charakteristisch dabei ist, dass bislang für jedes Vorhaben ein eigenes Studiendesign entwickelt wird, obwohl sich die jeweiligen Forschungsfragen trotz ihrer inhaltlichen Vielfalt aus methodischer Sicht auf einige wenige Grundmuster von Aufgabenstellungen reduzieren lassen. Im vorliegenden Forschungsvorhaben geht es deshalb darum, für Erhebungen, bei denen das Verhalten von Verkehrsteilnehmern im fließenden Verkehr beobachtet wird, ein möglichst allgemein anwendbares Design zu entwickeln. Ziel des vorliegenden Projektes ist es somit auch, das Spektrum der Methodik von Verhaltensbeobachtungen im fließenden Verkehr darzustellen sowie auf Probleme und Randbedingungen aufmerksam zu machen. Damit soll all denjenigen eine Hilfestellung gegeben werden, die beabsichtigen, solche Studien durchzuführen. In Kapitel 2 des Berichts werden zunächst einige nationale und internationale Projektbeispiele für Verhaltensbeobachtungen im fließenden Verkehr vorgestellt, auf deren Basis dann das hier in Rede stehende methodische Rahmenkonzept entwickelt wird. Kapitel 3 enthält eine Einordnung der Erhebungsmethode Verhaltensbeobachtung in den konzeptuellen Rahmen der Statistik und empirischen Sozialforschung. Im 4. Kapitel werden statistische Kennzahlen des Verkehrsverhaltens, die aus Beobachtungen gewonnen werden können, systematisiert und zusammengestellt. Kapitel 5 beschäftigt sich mit für Verhaltensbeobachtungen adäquaten Stichprobendesigns, in Kapitel 6 sind die zugehörigen Formeln für die Hochrechnung und Genauigkeitsbeurteilung (Konfidenzintervalle) der Ergebnisse aufgeführt. Kapitel 7 enthält einige methodische Hinweise zu Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Ziehung einer Zufallsstichprobe für Verhaltensbeobachtungen, in Kapitel 8 wird der Prozess einer Verhaltensbeobachtung unter erhebungspraktischen Gesichtspunkten - basierend auf dem entwickelten Rahmenkonzept - beleuchtet. Vor der Zusammenfassung und den Empfehlungen (Kap. 10) wird in Kapitel 9 noch ein Vergleich des hier entwickelten methodischen Rahmenkonzepts mit der Vorgehensweise bei den aktuellen Erhebungen der BASt zum Schutzverhalten angestellt. In den Schlussbericht sind auch die Ergebnisse eines Workshops eingeflossen, der im Rahmen dieses Projekts am 18.01.2010 in Bergisch Gladbach durchgeführt wurde.
Auf Brücken, insbesondere auf Stahlbrücken, bildet sich im Winter gegenüber den anderen Streckenabschnitten oft vorzeitig Glätte. Dadurch kann der Straßenverkehr in erheblichem Maße gefährdet werden. Es gibt verschiedene Möglichkeiten das vorzeitige Auftreten von Glätte zu verhindern. Die derzeit gebräuchlichsten Methoden sind die Brücken vorzeitig zu streuen oder automatische Taumittelsprühanlagen zu installieren. In dem vorliegenden Projekt wurde eine weitere, innovative Methode untersucht, nämlich die Temperierung der Fahrbahn mit Hilfe von Geothermie. Dazu wurden Simulationsreihen und damit zusammenhängende praxisnahe Messungen durchgeführt. Die Messungen wurden auf einer eigens hierfür hergestellten Testbrücke aus Stahl-Brückenmodulen sowie in weiteren Testfeldern auf bestehenden Brücken vorgenommen. Der Bericht stellt wichtige Informationen und Ergebnisse zur Verfügung, die notwendig sind, um ein Brücken-Projekt mit Fahrbahn-Temperierung zu planen und umzusetzen. Dabei werden die Aspekte - konstruktive Gestaltung, - thermische Eigenschaften, - mechanische Festigkeit, - Regelstrategien und " Wirtschaftlichkeit eines solchen Systems betrachtet. Weiterhin enthält der Bericht Beispiele, welche Varianten hinsichtlich des geothermischen Systems möglich sind, und gibt Eckdaten zu deren Dimensionierung an. Nach den hier vorliegenden Ergebnissen ist die Realisierung eines Fahrbahn-Temperierungs-Systems mittels Geothermie für Stahlbrücken möglich. Die thermische Leistung ist für den angestrebten Zweck ausreichend. Hinsichtlich der mechanischen Eigenschaften konnten zumindest keine kurzfristig erkennbaren Beeinträchtigungen festgestellt werden, wobei hier weiterer Forschungsbedarf besteht. Damit bietet die geothermische Fahrbahntemperierung die Möglichkeit, umweltschonend zur Vermeidung von frühzeitiger Glättebildung auf Straßenbrücken beizutragen.
Als Ergebnis des Forschungsvorhabens wurde ein Simulationsverfahren für die Ermittlung von Streckenkapazitäten auf Bundesautobahnen (BAB) bei winterlichen Straßenzuständen erarbeitet. Der Berechnungsansatz wurde auf eine robuste Verfahrensweise ausgelegt, um die Auswirkungen von Ungenauigkeiten und Fehlern der Eingangsgrößen zu minimieren. Das Verfahren orientiert sich an den technischen Rahmenbedingungen wie z.B. die Eigenschaften der derzeit verfügbaren Daten der Wetterprognose und der Umfelddatenerfassung. Zugleich werden die Anforderungen an die Nutzung der Prognoseergebnisse berücksichtigt. Ausgehend von einer Grundkapazität der Streckenabschnitte in Anlehnung an das Handbuch für die Bemessung von Straßenverkehrsanlagen (HBS) wurden Abschlagsfaktoren für die jeweils vorherrschende Witterungssituation ermittelt. Diese Witterungseigenschaften wurden zuvor anhand charakteristischer Eingangsgrößen zusammengefasst und als Wetterklassen definiert. Das nachgeschaltete Prognoseverfahren ist als zweistufiger Ansatz mit einer Planungsprognose für die vorausschauende Disposition sowie einer Kurzfristdarstellung für die operative Durchführung der Verkehrsmanagements, des Straßenbetriebsdienstes und des Arbeitsstellenmanagements aufgebaut. Es basiert auf einem Warteschlangenmodell. Die Ergebnisse zeigen mögliche Stauereignisse auf und können als Entscheidungshilfe verwendet werden. Beide Komponenten setzen auf den gleichen grundsätzlichen Vorgehensweisen für die Prognose auf. Es bleibt offensichtlich, dass die Güte der Wetterprognose für die korrekte Auswahl der Wetterklasse entscheidend ist. Die Zuverlässigkeit der nachfolgend aufgesetzten Prognose des Verkehrsablaufs korreliert daher unmittelbar mit der Qualität der Eingangsgröße Wetterprognose. Aus diesem Grund ist der Bereitstellung hochwertiger und kleinräumiger Wetterprognosen für den Straßenbetriebsdienst die erforderliche Aufmerksamkeit zu widmen. Die im Forschungsvorhaben entwickelte modelltechnische Abbildung der witterungsbedingten Kapazitätseinschränkung und ihrer Auswirkungen auf den Verkehrsablauf durch zwei Risikostufen in Form einer "Warnung" und eines "Alarms" hat sich in der Evaluierung bewährt. Dabei ist die betriebsnahe Interpretation der Prognoseergebnisse möglich. Das Verfahren mit den Vorhersagen des Verkehrszustands Eingangsgrößen beweist, dass sie als Auslösekriterien für Maßnahmen des Verkehrsmanagements genutzt werden können.
The paper presents a methodology for the benefit estimation of several secondary safety systems for pedestrians, using the exceptional data depth of GIDAS. A total of 667 frontal pedestrian accidents up to 40kph and more than 500 AIS2+ injuries have been considered. In addition to the severity, affected body region, exact impact point on the vehicle, and the causing part of every injury, the related Euro NCAP test zone was determined. One results of the study is a detailed impact distribution for AIS2+ injuries across the vehicle front. It can be stated, how often a test zone or vehicle part is hit by pedestrians in frontal accidents and which role the ground impact plays. Basing on that, different secondary safety measures can be evaluated by an injury shift method concerning their real world effectiveness. As an example, measures concerning the Euro NCAP pedestrian rating tests have been evaluated. It was analysed which Euro NCAP test zones are the most effective ones. In addition, real test results have been evaluated. Using the presented methodology, other secondary safety like the active bonnet (pop-up bonnet) or a pedestrian airbag measures can be evaluated.
Tree impacts are still one of the most important focal points of road deaths in Germany. For the year 2008, the latest figures in the national statistics show a share of 28% of road users killed in crashes with trees alongside a road amongst all crashes on rural roads (except the Autobahn). The official German statistics show the attribute "impact on a tree" since 1995. For this first reported year, the share of road users killed in such crashes was 30%. During the last 14 years, fatal accidents with road users killed on rural roads (except the Autobahn) after impacts on a tree declined by 60% from 1,737 (year 1995) to 696 (year 2008). But this is more or less in line with the general evolution of vehicle and traffic safety in Germany. For Germany as a whole the accident statistics do not show a reduction for "treer crashes" which is clearly more than the average for all accidents. But, as shown with the paper, there are different evolutions in the several German States. In public awareness the topic "tree impacts" is mostly associated with the situation in Germany after the reunification. At that time a lot of road users were killed on the avenues in the so called "new countries". The fact that "tree impacts" are still a big share within the figure of killed road users seems to be little-known. Using updated information coming from the official statistics and in-depth-studies, accident researchers can identify a big potential for further improvements of traffic safety on the associated district roads, state roads and federal highways. There is still a need to analyse more details of the accident occurrence with impacts on trees to generate new and updated findings on the current limits and potentials of measures to improve vehicle and traffic safety. To make further efforts in reducing the figures of victims of "tree impacts" the intensification of well-known conventional solutions " for example implementation of guard rails and reduction of speed - is an option. Measures related to vehicle safety technology especially in the field of primary (active) safety will have additional benefit within the physically imposed limits. With this background it can be seen that the subject "tree impacts" should be analysed with a holistic approach taking into account the entire system of driver, vehicle, road, the environment and a social consensus as well.
Looking at the total of sum of fatal car accidents the number of single-vehicle accidents and particularly run-offroad (ROR) accidents are most frequent. In Austria on the Autobahn ROR accidents amounts to almost 45% of all fatal accidents, i.e. nearly every second fatal accident is caused by ROR accidents and interaction with infrastructure. Approximately 43 people were killed on Autobahns in ROR accidents with passenger cars. One possibility of protection against impacts with infrastructure is the use of guardrails. However, the initial element identified as a turned down terminal could become a dangerous impact object. These turned down terminals may lead a vehicle to roll over or the car "takes-off" when impacting the turned down guardrail. In many cases it is reported that the vehicle is jumping into road side objects such as traffic sign poles or overpasses. On average, nine people are killed in such accidents every year in Austria.
Small overlap frontal crashes are defined by a damage pattern with most of the vehicle deformation concentrated outboard of the main longitudinal structures. These crashes are prominent among frontal crashes resulting in serious and fatal injuries, even among vehicles that perform well in regulatory and consumer information crash tests. One of the critical aspects of understanding these crashes is knowing the crash speeds that cause the types of damage associated with serious injuries. Laboratory crash tests were conducted using 12 vehicles in three small overlap test conditions: pole, vehicle-to-vehicle collinear, and vehicle-to-vehicle oblique (15-degree striking angle). Field reconstruction techniques were used to estimate the delta V for each vehicle, and these results were compared with actual delta V values based on vehicle accelerometer data. Estimated delta Vs were 50% lower than actual values. Velocity change estimates for small overlap frontal crashes in databases such as NASS-CDS significantly underestimate actual values.
Bone fracture patterns could be crucial in reconstructing the nature of loading, especially in the lower limb and upper limb kinematics in vehicle-pedestrian crashes. In addition, use of FE bone models can be a handy tool to predict vehicle impact velocity and the impact direction. The point of fracture initiation in bone loading has been predicted quite accurately earlier. A methodology that predicts bone crack initiation and its propagation pattern for the six known loading directions using a single material and failure model is presented.
Pedestrian and cyclist are the most vulnerable road users in traffic crashes. One important aspect of this study was the comparable analysis of the exact impact configuration and the resulting injury patterns of pedestrians and cyclists in view of epidemiology. The secondary aim was assessment of head injury risks and kinematics of adult pedestrian and cyclists in primary and secondary impacts and to correlate the injuries related to physical parameters like HIC value, 3ms linear acceleration, and discuss the technical parameter with injuries observed in real-world accidents based documented real accidents of GIDAS and explains the head injuries by simulated load and impact conditions based on PC-Crash and MADYMO. A subsample of n=402 pedestrians and n=940 bicyclists from GIDAS database, Germany was used for preselection, from which 22 pedestrian and 18 cyclist accidents were selected for reconstruction by initially using PC-Crash to calculate impact conditions, such as vehicle impact velocity, vehicle kinematic sequence and throw out distance. The impact conditions then were employed to identify the initial conditions in simulation of MADYMO reconstruction. The results show that cyclists always suffer lower injury outcomes for the same accident severity. Differences in HIC, head relative impact velocity, 3ms linear contiguous acceleration, maximum angular velocity and acceleration, contact force, throwing distance and head contact timing are shown. The differences of landing conditions in secondary impacts of pedestrians and cyclists are also identified. Injury risk curves were generated by logistic regression model for each predicting physical parameters.
The accident research of Hanover and (from 1999 on) Dresden registered 736 leg injuries (AIS ≥ 2) from 1983 to March 2007. 174 of these injuries (23.6 %) were fractures or dislocations of foot and ankle. 149 feet of 141 front seat car occupants in 140 cars were affected. Of these 117 were drivers, 24 were front seat passengers. The mean age of occupants was 38.5 -± 16.8 years. Ankle fractures were the most frequent injury (n = 82; 80 malleolar fractures, 2 pilon fractures). 34 fractures and dislocations affected the hindfoot (5 talus and 26 calcaneal fractures, 2 subtalar dislocations and 1 subtotal amputation) , 16 to midfoot (4 navicular fractures, 5 cuboid fractures, 3 fractures of cuneiformia, 2 dislocations of chopart joint, 1 subtotal amputation, and one severe decollement) and 39 the forefoot (metatarsal fractures). Open fractures were seldom seen (2 malleolar fractures, 1 metatarsal fracture). Both feet were injured in 10 cases. 33 occupants (23.4 %) were polytaumatic had a polytrauma, 17 of them died. 81 percent of the occupants were belted. The cars were divided in pre EuroNCAP (year of manufacture 1997 and older) and post EuroNCAP cars (year of manufacture 1998 and newer). Most of the foot injuries were seen in pre EuroNCAP cars. Most of the occupants sat in compact cars (40 drivers and 9 front seat passengers) and large family cars (27 drivers and 7 co-drivers). 49 of 140 accidents occurred on country roads, 26 on main roads and 13 on motorways. The crash direction was mostly frontal. Generally were found no differences of delta v- and EES-level between the injured foot regions, but divided into pre- and post-EuroNCAP cars there was a tendency to higher delta v- and EES-levels in newer cars. The frequency of foot injuries increased linearly with increasing delta v-level; but above delta v-level of 55 km/h the linear increase only was seen in pre-EuroNCAP cars, post-EuroNCAP cars showed no further increase of injuries. The footwell intrusion showed no difference between the injured foot regions but pre-EuroNCAP cars had a tendency to higher footwell intrusion. There were no differences in footwell intrusion between the car types. Only 29 of 174 fractures or dislocations of foot were seen in post-EuroNCAP cars, the predominate number of these injuries (n = 145) were noticed in pre-EuroNCAP cars. A lower probability of long-term impairment was found in post-EuroNCAP cars for equal delta v levels, using the AIS2008 associated Functional Capacity Index (FCI) for the foot region.
Unfortunately, there has been a high number of accident fatalities reported in the Czech Republic in recent years. There are many causes which have led to a growth in the number of road traffic accidents. Since 1990, traffic density has demonstrated an upward moving tendency, daily traffic-jams are on the increase in many cities and traffic capacity on roads and streets is not able to satisfy this increasing density. Moreover, many road users lack experience in terms of driving modern cars. The National Accident Study of the Czech Republic is based on the assumption that the year 2010 is considered as a pilot project with the testing operation of collecting and evaluating data from traffic accidents. From the beginning of 2011, a fully-functional structure of the Traffic Accident Research will be created and solid data generated. Based on this assumption, we hope to begin meaningful cooperation with foreign countries.
Recent findings from real-world accident data have shown that fatality risks for pedestrians are substantially lower than generally reported in the traffic safety literature. One of the keys to this insight has been the large and random sample of car-to-pedestrian crashes available in the German In-Depth Accident Study (GIDAS). Another key factor has been the proper use of weight factors in order to adjust for outcome-based sampling bias in the accident data. However, a third factor, a priori of unknown importance, has not yet been properly analysed. This is the influence of errors in impact speed estimation. In this study, we derived a statistical model of the impact speed errors for pedestrian accidents present in the GIDAS database. The error model was then applied to investigate the effect of the estimation error on the pedestrian fatality risk as a function of car impact speed. To this end, we applied a method known as the SIMulation-EXtrapolation (SIMEX) method. It was found that the risk curve is fairly tolerant to some amount of random measurement error, but that it does become flattened. It is therefore important that the accident investigations and reconstructions are of high quality to assure that systematic errors are minimised and that the random errors are under control.
A national initiative from the vehicle manufacturers, safety system suppliers, the road administration and universities in Sweden took off in 2007. The aim was to develop a national investigation network and a methodology focusing on all phases of a crash (pre-crash, in-crash and post-crash) as well as all parts of the road transport system (road user, vehicle and road environment). The initiative is formally run as a project with the acronym INTACT (Investigation Network and Accident Collection Techniques). It was a three year pilot with the aim to develop methodologies for an extended national crash investigation activity. During the first year the INTACT partners agreed on the aim for the investigation and methods for retrieving the data were developed. During the second and third year the methodology was tested in real-world investigations and further refinement was made. The paper describes the methodology developed to obtain high qualitative in-depth road crash data.
Ziel des Forschungsvorhabens war die Entwicklung eines Verfahrens zur Quantifizierung von Verkehrsverlagerungen durch Arbeitsstellen im Bereich der Bundesautobahnen. Eine wesentliche Grundlage der Untersuchung bildeten Datenanalysen der rund 1.350 automatischen Dauerzählstellen im Bundesfernstraßennetz. Die Ermittlung möglicher Verlagerungseffekte wurde zusätzlich an ausgewählten Beispielen mit Hilfe von makroskopischen Verkehrsmodellen analysiert. Zusammenfassend zeigten die Analysen, dass während der Arbeitsstellenzeit Verlagerungseffekte fast ausschließlich in den Spitzenstunden auftreten. In diesen Stunden erreichten die Änderungen der Belastung auf den Autobahnabschnitten eine Größenordnung von 2% bis 5%. Über den Tag gesehen ergibt sich eine mittlere Verlagerung unter 1%. Im Rahmen der durchgeführten Regressions- und Clusteranalysen konnten keine Einflussfaktoren oder Merkmalskombinationen ermittelt werden, die die Ursachen für die durch Arbeitsstellen bedingten Belastungsänderungen mit einer ausreichenden Zuverlässigkeit erklären konnten. Lediglich eine Differenzierung der Arbeitsstellenrichtungen nach unterschiedlichen Typen von Verkehrsführungen führte zu dem Ergebnis, dass nennenswerte Verlagerungen lediglich für die Arbeitsstellensituationen auftreten, bei denen eine Reduzierung der Fahrstreifenanzahl von 2 auf 1 oder von 3 auf 2 Fahrstreifen erfolgte. Aufgrund der Erkenntnisse, dass Arbeitsstellen bedingte Verkehrsverlagerungen auch bei hohen Streckenbelastungen deutlich niedriger sind als bisher vielfach angenommen, die Verkehrsverlagerungen sich auf die hochbelasteten Stundenbereiche beschraenken, die Verlagerungen mit der Dauer der Arbeitsstellenlaufzeit abklingen und keine funktionalen Abhängigkeiten mit hohem Bestimmtheitsmaß ermittelt werden konnten, ist die Berücksichtigung Arbeitsstellen bedingter Verkehrsverlagerungen auf Autobahnen im Rahmen von gesamtwirtschaftlichen Bewertungen vermutlich nur in sehr geringem Umfang ergebnisrelevant.
In India, heavy truck crashes on national highways account for a number of fatalities. But due to lack of in-depth crash data, detailed analysis is not possible to determine injury mechanisms, and to identify infrastructure, vehicle and human factors affecting these crashes. Over the past two years, researchers in India have established a crash investigation network, with the co-operation of the police and hospitals, to conduct crash investigations and in-depth crash data collection on national highways in the state of Tamil Nadu. This pioneering effort has resulted in the development of a heavy truck crash investigation methodology, the outcome of which is scientific and reliable crash data that has been able to provide good insight into truck crashes and their causes. This paper explains the need for truck crash investigations, the methodology, conclusions of the data analyzed up to date, and the need to focus on truck driver working conditions.
Aim of the study was to evaluate the protective effect of bicycle helmets particularly considering injuries to the head and to the face. Accidents with the participation of bicyclists which occurred from 2000 to 2007 were chosen from GIDAS. We observed that injuries to the head and face were more severe in the group of non-helmeted riders. There seems to be no significant difference in injuries with AIS 3-6. Altogether 26 cyclists were killed. 2 of them wore a helmet (1% of helmeted cyclists), 24 did not (1% of non-helmeted cyclists). Only one killed rider (without helmet) did not suffer from polytrauma (only head injuries recorded). The findings seem to support the thesis of a preventive effect of the bicycle helmet, however the two groups are different in their characteristics related to riding speed. Necessarily we need a multivariate model to evaluate the effect of helmets.
Providing effective occupant protection in rollover crashes requires supplying the occupant with a restraint system proven effective in the dynamic rollover accident mode. Preventing ejection and providing restraint sufficient to prevent potentially injurious contacts with both interior and exterior vehicle components is paramount for effective rollover occupant protection. Research has shown that the injury potential can be decreased by closely coupling the occupant to the seat. This paper focuses on the effect of restraint system slack and its relationship to occupant excursion and ejection potential during rollover. Various restraint system configurations are evaluated in rollover-type test environments. A review of prior research is presented prior to presenting new quasi-static vehicle inversion studies conducted with live surrogate occupants. Additionally, dynamic rollover testing utilizing anthropometric test devices (ATDs) is presented. The influence of belt looseness and effects of various restraint designs on the belted occupants' injury potential are discussed.
Mechanical properties of tibial bone at compressive strain rates of 50-200 s-1 are obtained through Split Hopkinson pressure bar. Cylindrical specimens of 12-15 mm diameter and 2-5 mm thickness were used. The Young- moduli are calculated from linear portion of stress-strain curves. For both cortical and cancellous part of the bones, the Young- modulus was found to increase with the increasing strain rates. Also for both cancellous and cortical bones the Young- modulus increases consistently with increase in densities.
Among European Countries, Spain first issued a Standard, UNE 135900:2005, further updated in 2008, that deals with homologation and effectiveness evaluation of road restraint systems components designed to reduce harm for bikers impacting on them. An in depth analysis and critical review of this standard is reported in this paper. Beside a close examination of the standard requirements, numerical models of the crash test stated by the standard have been set up and simulated to study the effects of slight speed and approach angle variations on test results, remaining within tolerance gaps allowed by the standard. Model were validated against experimental data. Together with the expected increasing severity of the impact according with speed, a strong influence of approach angle on injury parameters was found. Possible improvements to the norm, in order to make it more robust, are suggested.
The need of passive safety devices, able to reduce the accidents and the severity of injuries suffered by motorcyclist, distinctly arises from data on accident statistics. In this paper, the effectiveness of an airbag device fitted in the biker- garments has been verified through various numerical simulations. Two simple test conditions were defined, in order to investigate the performance of the device both for back and front impacts, and simulated at various impact speeds. With the aim of providing more information about the actual capability of the airbag to reduce the severity of the injuries, one of accident scenario described by ISO 13232:2005 has been also investigated, checking the real effectiveness of the airbag strap-based firing system too. Confrontation of injury indexes resulting from simulation with and without airbag made possible a realistic evaluation of the harm reduction induced by the airbag presence.
Although the statistics show a decreasing rate of child injuries and fatalities in German road accidents more efforts can be made to protect children in cars e.g. by developing appropriate child restraint systems. An important part in of this work can be achieved with the help of crash tests using child dummies. However these crash tests cannot completely reflect the situation of real world crashes as factors like children moving out of the optimal position or children incorrectly fastened by their parents are difficult to predict. Therefore this study gives an overview over the current accident and injury situation of child occupants in cars in German road accidents.
Accidents involving two wheels vehicles represent one of the more important types of accidents in Europe. These accidents are usually not easy to reconstruct specially for the analysis of the injuries and its correlation with accident dynamics and evidences. Different methodologies are applied in this work for the reconstruction of two wheeler accidents, especially accident involving motorcycles. From the typologies of road evidences like skid marks, to the use of Pc-Crash and the use of Madymo models, different reconstruction of real accidents are presented. One of the questions that sometimes arise for legal purposes when some type of head injuries arise is if the occupant was wearing or not a helmet. The correlation of head injuries with the use of the helmet is a very important issue, therefore an important legal aspect. One of the key questions for the reconstructions that is difficult to analyze, is if the vehicle occupant, was or not, wearing the helmet. Based on the previously collected information, a generic model of a helmet was developed on CAD 3D, followed by its conversion into finite elements, all in order to perform impact tests using the Madymo software that would help improve the helmet- safety, but that also can be used as a tool in accident reconstruction.
In order to enable foreseeing or comparing the benefit of safety systems or driver assistance systems in Germany, in the United States and in Japan, the traffic accident databases in those three countries are examined. The variables used are culpable party, collision partner, accident type, and injury level and the method to re-classify the databases for comparison are proposed. The result indicates that single passenger car fatality is the most frequent in Germany and in the United States, while passenger car vs. pedestrian is the most frequent fatality scenario in Japan. When the casualty by fatality ratio is focused, the greatest difference is observed in rear-end collisions. The ratio of slight injuries in Japan yields about eighteen times as many as those in Germany, and about eight times as many as those in the United States.
Causation patterns and data collection blind spots for fatal intersection accidents in Norway
(2010)
Norwegian fatal intersection accidents from the years 2005-2007 were analysed to identify any causation patterns among their underlying contributing factors, and also to evaluate whether the data collection and documentation procedures used by the Norwegian in-depth investigation teams produces the information necessary to perform causation pattern analysis. A total of 28 fatal accidents were analysed. Details on crash contributing factors for each driver in each crash were first coded using the Driving Reliability and Error Analysis Method (DREAM), and then aggregated based on whether the driver was going straight or turning. Analysis results indicate that turning drivers to a large extent are faced with perception difficulties and unexpected behaviour from the primary conflict vehicle, while at the same time trying to negotiate a demanding traffic situation. Drivers going straight on the other hand have less perception difficulties. Instead, their main problem is that they largely expect turning drivers to yield. When this assumption is violated, they are either slow to react or do not react at all. Contributing factors often pointed to in literature, e.g. high speed, drugs and/or alcohol and inadequate driver training, played a role in 12 of 28 accidents. While this confirms their prevalence, it also indicates that most drivers end up in these situations due to combinations of less auspicious contributing factors. In terms of data collection and documentation, information on blunt end factors (those more distant in time/space, yet important for the development of events) was more limited than information on sharp end factors (those close in time/space to the crash). A possible explanation is that analysts may view some blunt end factors as event circumstances rather than contributing factors in themselves, and therefore do not report them. There was also an asymmetry in terms of reported obstructions to view due to signposts and vegetation. While frequently reported as contributing for turning drivers, they were rarely reported as contributing for their counterparts in the same accidents. This probably reflects an involuntary focus of the analyst on identifying contributing factors for the driver legally held liable, while less attention is paid to the driver judged not at fault. Since who to blame often is irrelevant from a countermeasure development point of view, this underlying investigator mindset needs addressing to avoid future bias in crash investigation reports.
The purpose of this study was to analyse the actual injury situation of bicyclists regarding accidents involving more than one bicyclist. Bicyclists were included in a medical and technical analysis to create a basis for preventive measures and discovered repeating accident patterns and circumstances such as daytime, environment, helmet use rate. Technical and medical data were collected at the scene, shortly after accident. The population was compared focusing on bicycle versus bicycle accidents. Technical analysis included speed at crash, type of collision, impact angle, environment, used lane and relative velocity. Medical analysis included injury pattern and severity (AIS, ISS). Included were 578 injured bicyclists in 289 accidents from years 1999 to 2008, 61 percent were male (n=350) and 39 percent female (n=228). Sixty-seven percent ranged between 18 to 64 years of age, twelve percent each between 13 to 17 years of age and older than 65 years, eight percent between 6 to 12 years and one percent between 2 to 5 years.. Crashes took place in urban areas in 92 percent, in rural areas in 8 percent. Weather conditions were dry lanes in 97 percent and wet conditions in 3 percent. Eighty-three percent of all accidents happened during daytime, ten percent during night, and seven percent during dawn. The helmet use rate was only 7,5 percent in all involved bicyclists. The mean Maximum Abbreviated injury scale, Injury severity score was 1,31. Bicyclists are still minimally- or unprotected road users. The helmet use rate is unsatisfactorily low. The incidence of bicycle to bicycle crashes is high. Most of these accidents take place in urban areas. The level and pattern of injuries is moderate. Most of the more severe injuries occur to the head and could have been avoided by frequent helmet use.
An increased use of bicycles comes along with an increased number of bicycle accidents. Bicycle accidents are more frequent than recorded by the police. To evaluate the real number of bicycle accidents during 12 months in Münster, Germany, injuries were collected by the Police and in each emergency unit anonymously. 2,153 patients had to be treated in a hospital, nearly triple the number of accidents that were registered by the police. Beside fractures of the upper extremities with major surgery, traumatic brain injuries were the leading cause for hospital admission. Bicycle helmet use can reduce traumatic brain injuries and the related number of deaths and hospital admissions. Laws on bicycle helmet might decrease the use of bicycles and therefore the reduction of positive health benefits. Other methods of accident prevention may lead to positive effects as helmet legislation as well, while having no reduction in bicycle use.
Accident data shows that the vast majority of pedestrian accidents involve a passenger car. A refined method for estimating the potential effectiveness of a technology designed to support the car driver in mitigating or avoiding pedestrian accidents is presented. The basis of the benefit prediction method consists of accident scenario information for pedestrian-passenger car accidents from GIDAS, including vehicle and pedestrian velocities. These real world pedestrian accidents were first reconstructed and the system effectiveness was determined by comparing injury outcome with and without the functionality enabled for each accident. The predictions from Volvo Cars" general Benefit Estimation Model are refined by including the actual system algorithm and sensing models for a relevant car in the simulation environment. The feasibility of the method is proven by a case study on a authentic technology; the Auto Brake functionality in Collision Warning with Full Auto Brake and Pedestrian Detection (CWAB-PD). Assuming the system is adopted by all vehicles, the Case Study indicates a 24% reduction in pedestrian fatalities for crashes where the pedestrians were struck by the front of a passenger car.
The National Highways Development Project in India is aimed at upgrading over 12,000 km of national highways from 2-lane undivided roads to 4-lane divided roads. With nearly 40% of fatal crashes being reported on national highways, the effect of this project on road safety needs to be assessed. Researchers carried out on-site crash investigations and in-depth crash data collection for a period of 45 to 60 days on four 2-lane undivided highways and a 4-lane divided highway. Based on 76 crashes examined, researchers found a shift of crash pattern from head-on collisions on undivided 2- lane highways to front-rear collisions on divided 4-lane highways. This paper presents the methodology, analysis of crashes examined, and the critical safety problems identified for greater consideration in future highway development projects. This paper also highlights the need and significance of in-depth crash investigations to understand local traffic conditions and problems in India.
Accidents with vulnerable road users require special attention within the road safety work because these accidents are often accompanied with severe injuries. Thus In 2006 at least 6200 Powered Two Wheeler (PTW) riders were killed in road crashes in the EU 25 representing 16% of the total number of road deaths while accounting for only 2% of the total kilometers driven. For the prevention of accidents with VRU above all the knowledge of the causes of the accidents is of special importance. This study is based on the methodology of the German In-Depth Accident Study GIDAS. Within GIDAS extensive data on various fields of accidentology are collected on-scene from road traffic accidents with injuries in the Hannover and Dresden area. Using a well defined sample plan the collected data is highly representative to the whole German situation (Brühning et al, Otte et al). The need of in-depth accident causation data in accident research led to the development of a special tool for the collection of such data called ACASS (Accident Causation Analysis with Seven Steps), which was implemented in the GIDAS methodology in 2008 and described by Otte in 2009.
An eCall device has been mounted on some vehicles in France since 2003. It is an integrated car radio/GSM/GPS system that can be used with a SIM card. When an accident occurs, a call can be sent manually or automatically made to a telephone call centre. Knowing the geographic location, the vehicle identity and the possibility of a direct communication with the people involved enables the nearest emergency services to be called out. In this context, the LAB / CEESAR have set up a study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of this system. The purpose of this paper is to detail the E-call system evaluation method of effectiveness used and give a global synthesis of the results.
Females sustain Cervical Spine Distortion injury (CSD) more often than males. Most work dealing with the biomechanics background (e.g. injury mechanism/criteria) as well as the application in seat design/testing, focuses on the occupant model of an average male. Therefore the EU-Project ADSEAT (Adaptive Seat to Reduce Neck Injuries for Female and Male Occupants) is aimed at adding a female model for gender balanced research of CSD and improving seat design. An extensive literature review, searching for risk factors and injury criteria for males and females, was accompanied by the evaluation of different databases containing CSD cases. The database evaluations suggests that an anthropometry quite close to the 50%ile female anthropometry as known from crash test dummy design is appropriate. The results presented here form the basis for the future development of a computational female model and the improvement of seat design for better protection of both males and females in the frame of the ADSEAT-Project.
Adverse weather could impair the performance of many important parts in road transportation. In a tropical country, the threats posed by the weather phenomenon can be viewed from a different perspective as the situation may not be as extreme as snow-related problems or excessive temperature in other countries. Specifically in Malaysia, the situation may be underestimated due to several reasons such as the deficiencies in accident reporting and lack of research work. This background research has looked into various publications as well as related data to explain the need of more comprehensive research in the future.
Although ATV accidents account for numerous deaths in the US and Australia, the role in traffic accidents and hospital admissions in Germany is unknown. At a level I trauma centre, hospital and crash charts were analysed for medical and technical parameters of ATV accidents. ATV drivers were 0.1% of emergency trauma patients. The mean total hospital stayrnwas 15 days; there were 1.5 stays per patients with 2.0 surgical procedures needed. One patient died, only two recovered fully. 14 cases of ATV accidents out of 18990 (0.1%) were documented within 10 years. The mean impact velocity was 35 km/h. Car collisions were predominant. The upper extremity was the predominant injured region (AIS 0.7), Mean maximum AIS was 1.4. ATV accidents in Germany are rare but pose high risk for severe injuries. Possible reasons are low active and passive security, limited experience and risky driving behaviour. Preventive measures are discussed.rn
Die vorliegende Untersuchung gibt einen zusammenfassenden Überblick über die Leistungen des öffentlichen Rettungsdienstes in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Zeitraum 2008/09. Das Forschungsprojekt 87.012/2008 "Analyse des Leistungsniveaus im Rettungsdienst für die Jahre 2008 und 2009" erfasst und analysiert eine repraesentative Stichprobe von Einsatzdaten zur Beurteilung der Leistungsfähigkeit des öffentlichen Rettungsdienstes in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Die wesentlichsten Ergebnisse des Forschungsprojektes sind: " Bundesweit werden im öffentlichen Rettungsdienst im Zeitraum 2008/09 jährlich rund 11,4 Mio. Einsätze mit insgesamt 14,2 Mio. Einsatzfahrten durchgeführt. Die Einsatzrate beträgt rund 143 Einsätze pro 1.000 Einwohner und Jahr. " An einem mittleren Werktag gehen bundesweit rund 35.000 rettungsdienstliche Hilfeersuchen in den Rettungsleitstellen ein. Am Wochenende sinkt die Zahl der eingehenden Hilfeersuchen auf rund 26.000 an einem mittleren Samstag und auf rund 24.000 an einem mittleren Sonntag. " 49 % des Einsatzaufkommens werden vom Leitstellenpersonal als Notfall eingestuft, 51 % entfallen auf die Kategorie Krankentransport. " Praktisch die Hälfte aller Notfalleinsätze werden unter Hinzunahme eines Notarztes durchgeführt (Notarzteinsatz). Ein Drittel der Notfälle zu Verkehrsunfaellen (32 %) wird von einem Notarzt bedient. " Das Rendezvous-System hat sich mit einem Anteil von 99,1 % gegenüber dem Stationssystem bundesweit durchgesetzt. " Rund jeder 17. Notfalleinsatz gilt einem Verkehrsunfall, was bundesweit rund 336.000 Einsätzen entspricht. Die Verteilung der übrigen Einsatzanlässe bei Notfällen mit und ohne Notarztbeteiligung beträgt: Internistischer Notfall 46 %, Sonstiger Notfall (z. B. Verbrechen, Suizid, dringende Blut- und Organtransporte) 37 %, Sonstiger Unfall (z.B. Haus-, Schul- und Sportunfall) 11 % und Arbeitsunfall unter 1 %. " Die Verteilung der Rettungsmitteltypen am bundesweiten Einsatzfahrtaufkommen im Zeitraum 2008/09 betraegt: RTW 52 %, KTW 29 %, NEF 18 %, NAW und RTH/ITH unter 1 %. " Beim Einsatzfahrtaufkommen werden rund die Haelfte der Einsatzfahrten mit Sonderrechten auf Anfahrt durchgeführt. Dies entspricht bundesweit jährlich 7,2 Mio. Einsatzfahrten unter Sonderrechten auf Anfahrt. " Das Einsatzfahrtaufkommen weist im Bundesgebiet 2008/09 einen Fehlfahrtanteil von unter 6 % auf. Bundesweit sind dies jährlich rund 808.000 Fehlfahrten. " Die Dispositions- und Alarmierungszeit bei Einsatzfahrten mit Sonderrechten auf Anfahrt beträgt im Mittel 2,1 Minuten. Bei Einsatzfahrten ohne Sonderrechte auf Anfahrt liegt die Dispositionsund Alarmierungszeit im Mittel bei 14,3 Minuten. " Bei Einsätzen mit Sonderrechten auf Anfahrt errechnet sich nach dem zuerst eingetroffenen Rettungsmittel am Einsatzort eine mittlere Hilfsfrist von 8,7 Minuten, wobei 95 % der Notfälle innerhalb von 16,7 Minuten mit einem Rettungsmittel bedient werden. " Die mittlere Hilfsfrist zu Verkehrsunfällen beträgt an Straßen innerorts am Tag 8,8 Minuten und in der Nacht 9,4 Minuten, an Straßen außerorts am Tag 10,4 Minuten und in der Nacht 10,9 Minuten. " Die Unterscheidung der Einsatzzeit nach Notfällen und Krankentransporten unter zwei Stunden ergibt eine mittlere Einsatzzeit von 51 Minuten für Einsatzfahrten mit Sonderrechten auf Anfahrt und 53 Minuten für Einsatzfahrten ohne Sonderrechte auf Anfahrt. " Die Transportzeit bei Einsatzfahrten mit Sonderrechten auf Anfahrt beträgt im Mittel 12,3 Minuten. Bei Einsatzfahrten ohne Sonderrechte auf Anfahrt liegt die Transportzeit im Mittel bei 16,1 Minuten. " Die Verweilzeit am Transportziel/Wiederherstellungszeit bei Einsatzfahrten mit Sonderrechten auf Anfahrt beträgt im Mittel 20,1 Minuten, während bei Einsatzfahrten ohne Sonderrechte auf Anfahrt der Vergleichswert im Mittel bei 15,9 Minuten liegt. " Die weiteren Ergebnisse der Pilotstudie zur Machbarkeit einer Datenerhebung und -analyse über die Ermittlung der Verletzungsschwere bei Verkehrsunfallopfern zeigen, dass die Analyse mittels Daten sowohl zur Rückmeldezahl in Hessen als auch mit Hilfe von DIVI-Notarztprotokollen möglich ist. Dabei ist eine Klassifikation mit Hilfe von Geodaten EDV-gestuetzt umsetzbar, um eine vergleichende Auswertebasis zu bilden.
It has been pointed that most of the accidents on the roads are caused by driver faults, inattention and low performance. Therefore, future active safety systems are required to be aware of the driver status to be able to have preventative features. This probe study gives a system structure depending on multi-channel signal processing for three modules: Driver Identification, Route Recognition and Distraction Detection. The novelty lies in personalizing the route recognition and distraction detection systems according to particular driver with the help of driver identification system. The driver ID system also uses multiple modalities to verify the identity of the driver; therefore it can be applied to future smart cars working as car-keys. All the modules are tested using a separate data batch from the training sets using eight drivers" multi-channel driving signals, video and audio. The system was able to identify the driver with 100% accuracy using speech signals of length 30 sec or more and a frontal face image. After identifying the driver, the maneuver/ route recognition was achieved with 100% accuracy and the distraction detection had 72% accuracy in worst case. In overall, system is able to identify the driver, recognize the maneuver being performed at a particular time and able to detect driver distraction with reasonable accuracy.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance and accuracy of Event Data Recorders (EDRs). The analysis was based on J-NCAP crash tests from 2006"2007, with the corresponding EDR datasets. The pre-crash velocity, maximum delta-V and delta-V versus time history data recorded in the EDRs were compared with the reliable crash test data. The difference between the EDR pre-crash velocity and the laboratory test speed was less than 4 percent. In contrast, in several cases the maximum delta-V and delta-V versus time history data obtained from the EDRs showed uncertainty of measurement in comparisons with the reliable delta-V data. The difference in maximum delta-V in these comparisons was more than 5 percent in 10 of 14 tests and more than 10 percent in 4 of 14 tests. The EDRs underestimated the maximum delta-V in almost all tests. It was also concluded that the calculated acceleration from the EDR delta-V versus time history data showed good agreement with the instrumented accelerometer signal during the collision in almost all tests.
Impact severity is a fundamental measure for all in-depth crash investigation projects. One methodology used in the UK is based on the US Calspan software package CRASH3. The UK- in-depth crash investigation studies routinely use AiDamage3 a software package which is based on an updated version of the original CRASH3 algorithm, including enhancements to the vehicle stiffness coefficients. Real world accident-damaged vehicles are measured and their crush is correlated with a library of stiffness coefficients. These measurements are then used, along with other parameters, to calculate the crash energy and equivalent changes of velocity of the vehicles (delta-v), which is a measure of the impact severity. UK in-depth accident studies routinely validate the crash severity methodologies applied as the vehicle fleet changes. This is achieved by analysing crash test data and using the appropriate residual crush damage and other inputs to AiDamage3 and checking the program- outputs with the known crash severity parameters. This procedure checks, at least in part, the default stiffness values in the data libraries and the reconstruction methods used.
Who doesn't wear seat belts?
(2009)
Using real world accident data, seat belts were estimated to be 61% effective at preventing fatalities, and 32% effective at preventing serious injuries. They were most effective for drivers with an airbag. Seat belts were estimated as having prevented 57,000 fatalities and 213,000 seriously injured casualties in the UK since 1983. Seat belt legislation was estimated to have prevented 31,000 fatalities and 118,000 seriously injured casualties. A future increase in effective seat belt wearing rate (which takes into account seating position) in the UK from 92.5% to 93% may prevent casualties valued at a societal cost of over -£18 million per year. To target a seat belt campaign, the question "who doesn"t wear seat belts?" must be answered. Seat belt wearing rates and the number of unbelted casualties were analysed. It was primarily young adult males who didn"t wear seat belts, and they made up the majority of unbelted fatalities and seriously injured casualties.
In a first step, we have examined approximately 23 000 single vehicle accidents within the Austrian National Statistics database. In a second step, we considered 15% of all fatal "running off the road" accidents that occurred in Austria in 2003. As a result, two accident categories were specified; "leaving the road without preceding manoeuvre" and "leaving the road with preceding manoeuvre". These two categories can be basically characterised by the vehicle- heading angle and its velocity angle. In this report, we further suggest theoretical approaches for the dimensioning of a safety zone, an area adjacent to the road free of fixed objects or dangerous slopes. We also show the link between the two accident categories mentioned above and the real world accidents analysed in detail. These observations also form the basis for the required length for safety devices. Finally, we summarise accident avoidance strategies.
This study aims to analyze spine injuries in motor vehicle accidents. Between 1985 and 2004 the Hannover accident research unit documented 18353 accidents. We identified 161 front passengers (0.53%) with cervical spine injuries, 84 (0.28%) with thoracic and 95 (0.31%) with lumbar injuries. Technical and medical data was reviewed. Patients" records were retrieved. X-rays were evaluated and fractures were classified according to the Magerl classification. 68% and 57% of thoracic and lumbar fractures occurred in accidents with multiple impacts. Delta-v was 50, 40 and 40 kph in passengers with cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, resp. Passengers with spinal fractures frequently showed numerous concomitant injuries, e.g. additional vertebral fractures. The influence of seat belts and airbags is discussed. Patient work-up has to include a thorough investigation for additional injuries.
The bicyclist accidents were analyzed to get better understanding of the occurrences and frequency of the accidents, injury distributions, as well as correlation of injury severity/outcomes with engineering and human factors in two different countries of China and Germany. The accident cases that occurred from 2001 to 2006 were collected from IVAC database in Changsha and GIDAS database in Hannover. Based on specified sampling criteria, 1,570 bicyclist cases were selected from IVAC database in Changsha, and 1806 cases were collected from Hannover, documented in GIDAS database. Statistical analyses were carried out by using these selected data. The results from the statistical analysis are presented and discussed in this study.
The focus of the technical innovation in the automobile industry is currently changing to sensor based safety systems, which are operating in the pre-crash phase of an accident. To get more information about this pre-crash phase for real accidents a simulation of this phase using the GIDAS database is done. The basics for this simulation are geometrical information about the accident location and the exact accident data out of the GIDAS database. This aggregated information gives the possibility to simulate an exact motion for every accident participant, using MATLAB / SIMULINK, in the pre-crash phase. After the simulation the information about the geometrical positions, the velocities and maneuvers of the drivers to an individual TTC (time to collision) are available. With those results it is possible to develop new useful sensor geometries using pre-crash scatter plots or estimate the efficiency of implemented active safety systems in combination with sensor characteristics. This simulation can be done for every reconstructed accident included in the GIDAS database, so these results can represent a wide spread basis for the further development of active safety systems and sensor geometries and characteristics
Over the last decades the number of traffic accident fatalities on German roads decreased by 77% down to 4968 in the year 2007. This positive development is due to optimisations of vehicle safety, roads and infrastructure and medical rescue issues. Up to now mostly the optimisations of secondary safety measures lead to this effect on vehicle safety. Since some years more and more driver assistance systems are available and lead to a further reduction of all accidents. These new systems are often comfort systems and have not primarily been developed to increase vehicle safety. In contrast to secondary safety systems primary safety systems are able to mitigate and avoid accidents. So in the future it is important to estimate the benefit of these systems in reducing accident numbers as well. Current benefit estimation methods mostly focus on a single system only and not on the combination of systems. In this paper a new method for a multivariate benefit estimation based on real accident data is developed. The paper describes the basic method to estimate the benefit of primary and secondary safety systems in combination. With the presented method the benefit will not be overestimated as it would be by a simple addition of the benefits of single systems. The model will be validated by a multivariate prospective benefit estimation of different vehicle safety systems in comparison to single benefit estimations of the same systems. For this the German In-Depth Accident Database is used. The results show the importance to implement the interactions of safety systems in the estimation process and rate the overestimation by a simple addition of the single system benefits. The validation includes primary and secondary safety systems in combination. The validation is done using more than 3500 real accidents which were initiated by cars. This sample out of the GIDAS database is representative for the current accident situation in Germany. The paper shows the necessity of a multivariate estimation of the benefit for existing and future safety systems.
One of the major problems of road safety in Europe is the powered two wheelers accidents. One of the European countries with one of the highest rates is Portugal where in 2006, mopeds and motorcycles fatalities represented 27% of all road users deaths. In this work, a deep analysis and overview of the current state of mopeds and motorcycles accidents for the 2004-2006 period is presented. Within this period 830 PTW occupants die, 2958 have been severely injured and 25000 suffer slight injuries. A detailed analysis of the conditions of these accidents has been carried out, using the data of the national accident database. This analysis provides global information, about geographic environmental conditions, driver- characteristics among others. From this data detailed information is obtained allowing to know when, where and who. In order to answer the question why more a widely collection of data has been collect for 70 accidents. The data has been collected using OECD methodology. For these accidents a detailed reconstruction has been carried out, what is especially important for fatal accidents where for instance speed in an important factor. From these collection and analysis of data a wider overview of facts and measures are extracted. Among them, some are emphasized such as that the quality and non-use of helmets plays an important role in severe and fatal accidents especially for accidents involving moped vehicles, or speed is the most important factor in fatal accidents involving motorcycles. Concerning motorcycle accident reconstruction, different tools can be used depending of the accident scenario and complexity. For simple cases, with specific characteristics, analytical formulation based in vehicle crash dynamics can be use in order to determine the impact speed of the vehicles impact, analysing the skid marks, deformations, victims rest position and considering parameters (EES, vehicle deceleration, etc). Aspects such as the energy absorption capability of motorcycles are also discussed. In the general cases the accident reconstruction software Pc-Crash has been used for the reconstruction of the accident. In very complex cases, has for instance the impact between motorcyclist and barriers, Madymo software is used especially to determine speed from injuries. An example of the impact of a motorcyclist and a motorcyclist-friendly barrier is present to illustrate the benefits and limitations of such systems.
A set of recommendations for pan-European transparent and independent road accident investigations has been developed by the SafetyNet project. The aim of these recommendations is to pave the way for future EU scale accident investigation activities by setting out the necessary steps for establishing safety oriented road accident investigations in Member States. This can be seen as the start of the process for establishing road accident investigations throughout Europe which operate according to a common methodology. The recommendations propose a European Safety Oriented Road Accident Investigation Programme which sets out the procedures that need to be put in place to investigate a sample of every day road accidents. They address four sets of issues; institutional addressing the characteristics of the programme; operational describing the conditions under which data isrncollected; data storage and protection; and reports, countermeasures and the dissemination of data.rn
Relevant accident related factors : risk and frequencies of contributing to road traffic accidents
(2009)
In the course of the European Project TRACE (Traffic Accident Causation in Europe) an attempt was made to analyse the cause of road traffic accidents from a factors' point of view. By literature review the most important independent risk factors for traffic accidents were identified to be speed, alcohol intake, male gender, young age, cell phone use, and fatigue. However, the impact of an accident related factor also depends on its prevalence in traffic and accidents, respectively. Available to the Partners in the TRACE Project were different accident databases. Causally contributing factors found by accident investigations that are most often coded in accident databases are connected to unadapted speed and inattention. Taking into account the risk increase and the frequency of contribution to accidents the conclusion can be drawn that the most relevant factors for accident causation are: "alcohol", "speed", and "inattention and distraction".
In Germany averagely two million traffic accidents happen each year and emergency medical services are called to more than 400 000 patients. Even though this number is decreasing continuously (due to improvements in the fields of vehicle safety, road construction, and accident prevention) every case is yet a challenge for the rescuers and requires improvements in emergency medicine as well. Especially during diagnostics right at the accident scene, there are only limited instruments available to gain the necessary knowledge of the injuries suffered, to come to essential decisions about treatment or transport. To provide an additional diagnostic aid by scouting and estimating the situation, a software-tool calculating the likeliness of the most frequent severe injuries (AIS 3-6) of front occupants in passenger cars has been developed to deliver this necessary information about particular accident scenarios. To achieve this, logistic likelihood functions have been calculated in a multivariate regression analysis analysing all AIS 3+ injuries in the GIDAS database of the years 1999-2006 that happened more than four times
Crash involvement studies using routine accident and exposure data : a case for case-control designs
(2009)
Fortunately, accident involvement is a rare event: the chance of an individual road user trip to end up in a crash is close to zero. Thus, according to general epidemiological principles one can expect the case-control study design to be especially suitable for quantifying the relative risk (odds ratio) of accident involvement of road users with a certain risk factor as compared to road users that do not have this characteristic. Ideally, of course, the database for such a case-control study should be established by drawing two independent random samples of cases (accidental units) and controls (nonaccidental units), respectively. If, however, special data collection is not an option, it is nevertheless possible to analyze routine accident and exposure data under a case-control design in order to fully exploit the information contained in already existing databases. As a prerequisite, accident and exposure data from different sources are to be combined in a single file of micro or grouped data in a way consistent with the case-control study design. Among other things, the proposed methodological approach offers the possibility to use in-depth data of the GIDAS type also in investigations of active vehicle safety by combining this data with appropriate vehicle trip data collected in mobility surveys.
The SafetyNet project was formulated in part to address the need for safety oriented European road accident data. One of the main tasks included within the project was the development of a methodology for better understanding of accident causation together with the development of an associated database involving data obtained from on-scene or "nearly onscene" accident investigations. Information from these investigations was complemented by data from follow-up interviews with crash participants to determine critical events and contributory factors to the accident occurrence. A method for classification of accident contributing factors, known as DREAM 3.0, was developed and tested in conjunction with the SafetyNet activities. Collection of data and case analysis for some 1 000 individual crashes have recently been completed and inserted into the database and therefore aggregation analyses of the data are now being undertaken. This paper describes the methodology development, an overview of the database and the initial aggregation analyses.
Nowadays, traffic accidents are recorded in historical databases. Regarding the huge quantity of data, the use of data mining tools is essential to help Experts, for automatically extracting relevant information in order to establish and quantify relations between severity and potential factors of accidents. An innovative approach is here proposed for an in depth investigation of real world accidents data base. Mutual information ratio based on conditional entropies is used to quantity the association strength between an accident outcome descriptor (injury severity) and other potential association factors. Information theoretic methods help to select automatically groups of factors mostly responsible of the severity of accident.
A lot of factors are related to a road traffic accident; particularly human factors such as road use characteristic, driving maneuver characteristic and safety attitude are the major ones. As a random factor is also included, so it is necessary to minimize the contribution of a random factor to identify human factors related to a road traffic accident. There are several standpoints for traffic accident analysis, such as vehicle-based, location-based and driver-based. And it is effective to analyze driver-based traffic accident data for discussion on the relation between human factors and accidents. An integrated traffic accident database system was developed for analysis considering driver- accident and violation records by ITARD, and several studies were carried out for the evaluation. Useful data for discussion on the relation between types of collision and traffic violations, and the effect of accident experience to the following accident were obtained.
Methods for analyzing the efficiency of primary safety measures based on real life accident data
(2009)
Primary safety measures are designed to help to avoid accidents or, if this is not possible, to stabilize respectively reduce the dynamics of the vehicle to such an extent that the secondary safety measures are able to act as good as possible. The efficiency of a primary safety measure is a criterion for the effectiveness, with which a system of primary safety succeeds in avoiding or mitigation the severity of accidents within its range of operation and in interactionwith driver and vehicle. Based on Daimler-´s philosophy of the "Real Life Safety" the reflection of the real world accidents in the systems range of operation is both starting point as well as benchmark for its optimization. This paper deals with the methodology to perform assessments of statistical representative efficiency of primary safety measures. To be able to carry out an investigation concerning the efficiency of a primary safety measure in a transparent and comparable way basic definitions and systematics were introduced. Based on these definitions different systematic methods for estimating efficiency were discussed and related to each other. The paper is completed by presenting an example for estimating the efficiency of actual "single" and "multi" connected primary safety systems.
A lack of representative European accident data to aid the development of safety policy, regulation and technological advancement is a major obstacle in the European Union. Data are needed to assess the performance of road and vehicle safety and is also needed to support the development of further actions by stakeholders. This short-paper describes the process of developing a data collection and analysis system designed to partly fill these gaps. A project team with members from 7 countries was set up to devise appropriate variable lists to collect fatal crash data under the following topic levels: accident, road environment, vehicle, and road user, using retrospective detailed police reports (n=1,300). The typical level of detail recorded was a minimum of 150 variables for each accident. The project will enable multidisciplinary information on the circumstances of fatal crashes to be interpreted to provide information on a range of causal factors and events surrounding the collisions.
The Powered Two Wheelers (PTWs) accidents constitute one of the road safety targets in Europe. PTWs users' fatalities represent 15% of EU road fatalities, having increased the last few years, which is quite opposite than other road users casualties. To reduce PTW accidents is necessary to know which the accident causations are from different points of view (human factor, vehicle characteristics, environment, type of accident, situation, etc.). In TRACE project ("Traffic Accident Causation in Europe", under the European Commission 6th Framework Program, 2006-2008,) a specific task was focused on PTW users point of view, analyzing extensive databases to locate the main accident configurations (type of accident, severity, frequency), and an in-depth database to obtain the causation factors, the risk factors for each configuration founded in the extensive databases analysis and the variables associated to each causation factor in the PTW configurations.
The following paper presents the nature and mechanism of injuries sustained in frontal impacts, focusing on car to car impacts. It was found that the body regions most frequently sustaining severe to fatal injuries were the legs and the thorax. The nature and mechanism of the injury sustained was investigated only for the thorax injuries, due to their potentially life threatening nature. The analysis revealed that the most frequent cause of the injury recorded was the seatbelt for low severity injuries and the front structure of the vehicle for higher severity injuries. An analysis of the effect of load limiter technology in the restraint system showed that the proportion of occupants who sustained "no thorax injury" did not increase when a load limiter was fitted to the restraint system. However, a decrease in the "organ" and "organ and skeletal" injuries was observed in the load limiter sample. Sample size and variation mean that these findings are not conclusive.
It is well known that motorcycle riding is fascinating but quite more dangerous than for example car driving. In 2006, 5,091 persons were killed as victims of crashes occurring on public roads in Germany. 52% (2,683) were car occupants, 16% (793) motorcycle riders, 14% (711) pedestrians, 10% (486) bicycle riders, 5% (235) commercial vehicle occupants, 2% (107) riders of smaller powered two-wheelers, called "Mofa, Moped and Mokick". This shows that motorcycle riders recently are the second largest group of killed traffic participants in Germany. Latest information coming from the Federal Statistics predict for the year 2007 the figure of 4,958 killed road victims in total. This would be again a successful reduction (-133 killed persons or "2.6% compared to the year 2006). But the news coming from the Federal Statistics during the year 2007 and at the begin of 2008 did not always tell the same positive story. It is questioned whether the positive trend of substantially reduced figures of killed road user year by year will longer continue for Germany. That means it could be impossible to reach the ambitious target, set by the European Commission, to cut in half the figure of killed road users until the year 2010 " compared to the figure for the year 2001. It was reported that the group of 45 to 49 years old traffic participants (all traffic modes) is conspicuous with an increase of 30% up to 297 killed road users in total from January to August 2007. This increase can be ascribed in particular by an increase of killed motorcycle riders within this age group. Due to mild weather conditions in Germany in 2007 the season for motorcycle riding began relatively early and this may be a main reason for the increase of the figure of killed motorcycle riders by 16% from January to August 2007. With this background the accident occurrence of motorcycles became more and more essential. As part of the actual discussion about historical trends, recent emphases, causes and relevant structures of the events of motorcycle crashes it is evident, to have latest and carefully updated figures coming from both the Federal Statistics and In-depth studies. The paper will give a contribution to this using the German Federal Statistics and in-depth studies, for example GIDAS. Additional data coming from the DEKRA Motorcycle Accident Database as well as from literature are considered, too. The paper will help to describe the current situation of the accident involvement of motorcycles in Germany.
As the official German catalogue of accident causes has difficulty in matching the increasing demands for detailed psychologically relevant accident causation information, a new system, based on a "7 Steps" model, so called ACASS, for analyzing and collecting causation factors of traffic accidents, was implemented in GIDAS in the year 2008. A hierarchical system was developed, which describes the human causation factors in a chronological sequence (from the perception to concrete action errors), considering the logical sequence of basic human functions when reacting to a request for reaction. With the help of this system the human errors of accident participants can be adequately described, as the causes of each range of basic human functions may be divided into their characteristics (influence criteria) and further into specific indicators of these characteristics (e.g. distraction from inside the vehicle as a characteristic of an observation-error and the operation of devices as an indication for distraction from inside the vehicle. The causation factors accordingly classified can be recorded in an economic way as a number is assigned to each basic function, to each characteristic of that basic function and to each indicator of that characteristic. Thus each causation factor can be explicitly described by means of a code of numbers. In a similar way the causation factors based on the technology of the vehicle and the driving environment, which are also subdivided in an equally hierarchical system, can be tagged with a code. Since the causes of traffic accidents can consist of a variety of factors from different ranges and categories, it is possible to tag each accident participant with several causation factors. This also opens the possibility to not only assign causation factors to the accident causer in the sense of the law, but also to other participants involved in the accident, who may have contributed to the development of the accident. The hierarchical layout of the system and the collection of the causation factors with numerical codes allow for the possibility to code information on accident causes even if the causation factor is not known to its full extent or in full detail, given the possibility to code only those cause factors, which are known. Derived from the systematic of the analysis of human accident causes ("7 steps") and from the practical experiences of on-scene interviews of accident participants, a system was set in place, which offers the possibility to extensively record not only human causation factors in a structured form. Furthermore, the analysis of the human causation factors in such a structured way provides a tool, especially for on-scene accident investigations, to conduct the interview of accident participants effectively and in a structured way.
In the course of the EUROPEAN PROJECT TRACE all fatally injured pedestrians autopsied at the Institute for Legal Medicine in Munich in 2004 had been analysed by using the "Human Functional Failure (HFF) analysis" method. It was possible to apply this method although some restrictions have to be taken into account. The results derived from this analysis comprise first the failures the pedestrians (most often "impairment of sensorimotor and cognitive abilities") and the opponents (most often " Non-detection in visibility constraints conditions") faced in the accident, second the conflicts and tasks (pedestrian crossing the street conflicting with a vehicle from the side (which was going ahead on a straight road), the degree of accident involvement (pedestrians often the primary active part), and further the contributing factors to the accident (pedestrians most often "alcohol (> 0.05% BAC)", opponents most often "visibility constraints").
The purpose of this work is to investigate the association between the injuries in motorcycle accident and the main accident configurations. The data were provided by a multicentric case-control study MAIDS regarding the risk of crash and injuries of motorcyclists. Chi-square test was used to evaluate the relationship between the variables and a logistic regression was performed to evaluate the association of injury severity with some variables supposed to be predictive factors. Lesive patterns characterized by internal haemorrhages are mainly associated with fronto-lateral crashes, above all in urban areas. Lacerations or abrasions, mainly reported in torso and lower extremities, are mostly associated with single crashes or accidents in queue also for crashes occurred to low speed (< 50 km/h). The severity of injuries is highly associated with impact speed, regardless of the crash configuration. Fractures and haemorrhages play an important role in determining the severity of injuries. The upper extremities are the most frequently traumatised anatomic areas.
Novice drivers are at high risk for crash involvement. We performed an analysis of causations, injury patterns and distributions of novice drivers in cars and on motorcycles in road traffic as a basis for proper measurements. Method Data of accident and hospital records of novice drivers (licence < 2 years) were analysed focusing the following parameters: injury type, localisation and mechanism, Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS), maximum AIS (MAIS), delta-v, collision speed and other technical parameters and have been compared to those of experienced drivers. In 18352 accidents in the area of Hannover (years1985"2004), 2602 novice drivers and 18214 experienced drivers were recorded having an accident. Novice car drivers were more often and severe injured than experienced and on motorcycles the experienced riders were at higher risk. Novice drivers of both groups sustained more often extremity injuries. 4.5 % novice car drivers were not restraint compared to 3.7 % of the experienced drivers and 6.1 % novice motorcycle drivers did not wear a proper helmet (versus 6.5 %). Severe injuries sustained at a rate of 20 % at collision speeds below 30 km/h and in 80% at collision speeds above 50 km/h. Novice car drivers drove significant older cars. The risk profile of novice drivers is similar to those of drivers older than 65 years. Structural protection and special lectures like skidding courses could be proper remedial action next to harder punishment of violations.
Side impacts, both nearside and farside, have been indicated by research to be responsible for a large proportion of serious injuries from road crashes. This study aimed to compare and contrast the characteristics of nearside and farside crashes in Australia, Germany and the U.S., using the ANCIS, GIDAS and NASS/CDS in-depth-databases, in order to establish the impact and injury severity associated with these crashes, and the types of injuries sustained. The analyses revealed some interesting similarities, as well as differences, between both nearside and farside crashes, and the emergent trends between the three investigated countries. More specifically, it was indicated that whilst the severity of injury sustained in nearside crashes was slightly greater overall than that found for farside crashes, careful consideration of struck and nonstruck side occupants must be made when considering aspects such as vehicle design and occupant protection.
Pedestrian accidents are one of the major concerns related with road accidents around the world. Portugal has one of the highest rates of pedestrian fatalities in Europe. In this paper an overview conditions were the pedestrian accidents occurred in Portugal is presented. In the last years, a project related with the pedestrian accidents has run in Portugal for the period 2004-2006 where 603 people died, 2097 have been severely injured and about 17000 slightly injured. Within this project all the pedestrian accidents in this period have been analysed providing global information about a wide range of aspects, since location, driver and pedestrian characteristics, weather and road conditions, among others. In addition, 50 in-depth accidents have been investigated and the data collected according the Pendant methodology. For this in-depth methodology detailed information about the accident has been collected, including injuries, vehicle damage, road conditions and road user- behaviour and actions. An accident reconstruction has been carried for each case including the determination of the speeds and driver actions, and the analysis of the contributing factors for the accident. Depending of the accident complexity, different methodologies have been used to analyse these accident, from the classical analytical equations such as Simms and Woods, to the use of detailed computational pedestrian models as those included in the commercial software- PC-Crash-® or Madymo-®. Also one of the goals of our investigation is the development of multibody models and methodologies for the reconstruction of pedestrian accidents. Some of these tools integrated in the commercial software Cosmos Motion-® are presented. The advantages of the different approaches are compared and discussed for some of the accidents investigated. With these tools the impact speed can be determined from the projection distance with analytical tools or PC-Crash-®, but more complex tools should be used to determine speed from the injuries, what is especially important for fatal accidents. The influence of the vehicle geometry and stiffness characteristics is another aspect analysed, where the influence of the vehicle stiffness has been determined using a combined multibody-finite elements approach within the software Madymo-®.
In the context of the COST357 research project, the climatic conditions and requirements for protective helmets for motorcyclists have been examined. The extent to which these factors would influence motorbike handling and accidents in which motorcyclists are involved have also been examined. This project addresses how cognitive abilities of motorcyclists relate to helmet construction factors. In particular, the aspects of motorcycle driver helmets are to be parameterized in order that they may be used subsequently as a basis for future requirement profiles. The task of one working group of the COST357 project has been to analyse accident events and to identify helmet design issues which affect motorcycle drivers while wearing a helmet. This has been achieved by collating accident data across different countries recorded in the course of in-depth investigations at the site of accidents and by combining this with field studies of motorcyclists participating in traffic, but not involved in accidents. This paper presents the study methodology, database and first results of this international survey. The basis of the study has been a total of 424 interviews of motorcyclists and 134 motorcycle accidents, which were collected across Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Portugal and Turkey and combined in a single database.
Each year the traffic accident research teams in Dresden and Hanover provide an in-depth investigation of approximately two thousand accidents, aggregated in the GIDAS database. To accomplish a comprehensive review of each traffic accident recorded, a sensible and thorough encoding of suffered injuries is indispensable. The Abbreviated Injury Scale by AAAM offers a valuable and handy solution to achieve this goal. However, there were a few difficulties in the use of the AIS that came up in the past, which let to necessary improvements for the utilization of the AIS 2005 for GIDAS.
In the last years various new driver information and driver assistance systems made their way into modern vehicles and there are yet countless systems underway. However, expenses for both, the development and the construction of these systems are tremendous. Therefore the interest of evaluating systems keeps growing steadily, not only regarding the results of systems developed in the last years but also regarding system ideas. Only if at least a rough benefit estimation is given, the industry can decide which development should be supported. However, there is still a lack of transparency of possible and useful methods for these kinds of estimations. These were analyses and structured in this study.
The national accident statistics demonstrate that the situation of passenger car side impacts is dominated by car to car accidents. Car side to pole impacts are relatively infrequent events. However the importance of car side to pole impacts is significantly increasing with fatal and seriously injured occupants. For the present study the German in-depth database GIDAS (German In-Depth-Accident Study) and the UK based database CCIS (Co-operative Crash Injury Study) were used. Two approaches were undertaken to better understand the scenario of car to pole impacts. The first part is a statistical analysis of passenger car side to pole impacts to describe the characteristics and their importance relevant to other types of impact and to get further knowledge about the main factors influencing the accident outcome. The second part contains a case by case review on passenger cars first registered 1998 onwards to further investigate this type of impact including regression analysis to assess the relationship between injury severity and pole impact relevant factors.
In an on-going project since 2005, ADAC has been analyzing accidents documented by the ADAC air rescue service. The knowledge derived from real-life accidents serves as a basis for new test configurations and assessment criteria. In 2007, ADAC began looking into the feasibility of international data collection. The idea of Global Accident Prevention was born. Three European partner clubs have begun pioneering the project (ÖAMTC, ANWB, and RACC). The aim is to set up an international accident research network to provide a steady stream of information on road accidents. The FIA Foundation supports ADAC in developing and coordinating this initiative.
One goal of the assessment of the crashworthiness of passenger cars is to characterize the potential of injury outcome to occupants of cars involved in an accident. This can be achieved by the help of an index that puts the number of injured occupants of passenger cars in relation to the number of cars involved in an accident. As a consequence, this index decreases with a lower potential of injury and rises with a higher number of injuries while assuming a fixed number of accidents. Another index is introduced that uses an economical weighting of each injury level. The consequential injury costs are calculated using the average economical costs for lightly, severely and fatally injured persons. The calculation of the safety indices is based on an anonymized sample of accident data provided by the Federal Statistical Office. An index of Mercedes passenger car drivers depending on the year of registration between 1991 and 2006 is compared to the index of drivers of cars of other makes within the same range of registration years.
A change emerges in hospital landscape due to health political measures, which in consequence also influences the pre-clinical medical care of emergencies. The main focus of this study was to gather information about emergency medical care after traffic accidents on the basis of data of Bavarian emergency medical services. In Bavaria, in 2006 it was necessary to call an emergency doctor in the case of 14.261 traffic accidents. Predominantly the patients were provided by land-based life saving appliances, air rescue services were only applied in 19.1 % of the cases. 47.6 % of patients being involved in a traffic accident were transported into a primary health care hospital. A prehospital interval of more than 60 minutes was calculated in 20 % of emergency care. 96.2 % of the patients were transported to hospitals of tertiary or maximum supply by air rescue services. The life saving appliances" readiness for action is however restricted to daylight. A further limitation appeared for routine office hours in hospitals: Only 36.7 % of accidents occurred in this time frame. An increase of hospitalizations in clinics of maximum supply appeared from 2002 until 2006 while simultaneously the prehospital period was extended. To assure a sufficient medical care of seriously injured persons further on, a fulltime and area-wide expostulation of efficient facilities is necessary. For this purpose it is necessary to establish regional trauma networks as well as emergency medical service at night time. Beyond that, a cost efficient compensation of the structural, personnel and logistic expenses has to be assured.
While many medical studies have dealt with the incidence, nature and treatment of polytrauma the injury-causing accident mechanisms are rarely discussed in detail, mostly due to the lack of documentation of the technical aspects. The present prospective study was started in late 2007 and collects data from traffic accidents with most severely injured in six south- German counties and two larger cities for the duration of one year. It is aimed at identifying and documenting all polytrauma cases (ISS ≥ 16) caused by traffic accidents and their crash circumstances. The data collection is based on an interdisciplinary concept to include both the police, emergency dispatch centers, hospitals and fire departments in the region and is completely anonymous. Potentially relevant cases where an emergency physician was called to the scene of a traffic accident are provided by the dispatch center. All three hospitals in the region suited for the treatment of polytraumatised patients record injuries, major diagnostic and surgery data. Data and images from the accident scene are provided by the police and by fire departments. The latter provide information which is usually not available from the police, like deployed airbags, vehicle extrication measures and detailed views of car interiors. The main objective of the study is to determine the structure of road users who sustain a polytrauma, their crash opponents and the injury patterns found in relation to the collision configuration and the protection by seat belts, air bags and other devices. With detailed documentation of vehicle damage and extrication measures the study is also intended to support the development of injury predictors for pre-hospital treatment and provide field data regarding further improvement of technical rescue.
The Centre for Automotive Safety Research (formerly the Road Accident Research Unit) at the University of Adelaide in South Australia has a history of in-depth crash investigation going back to the 1970s. In recent years, our focus has been on studying factors that contribute to road crashes, with an emphasis on the role of road infrastructure. Our method involves crash notification by the South Australian Ambulance Service and detailed investigation of the crash scene usually before the crash-involved vehicles have been moved. This at-scene data collection is supplemented with police crash reports, Coroner- reports including autopsy findings for fatal crashes, case notes from hospitals for all injured persons, structured interviews with crash participants and witnesses, and computerised reconstruction of the events of the crash. One of the most notable research findings to emerge from our in-depth work has been the relationship between travelling speed and the risk of crash involvement. By comparing the calculated free speeds of crash-involved vehicles (cases) with the measured speeds of non-crash-involved vehicles travelling on the same roads at the same time of day (controls), we were able to establish that an exponential relationship exists between travelling speed and the likelihood of involvement in a casualty crash. This was the case for both metropolitan and rural areas. This research prompted the reduction of some speed limits in Australia, which has resulted in notable decreases in crash numbers. Another finding of interest in our recent investigation of 298 mostly daytime crashes in metropolitan Adelaide was that medical conditions make a sizeable contribution to the occurrence of road crashes. We found that almost half of the drivers, riders and pedestrians involved in the collisions had at least one pre-existing medical condition, and half of these individuals had two or more such conditions. We found that a medical condition was the direct causal factor in 13% of the casualty crashes investigated and accounted for 23% of all hospital admission or fatal crash outcomes. A follow-up study of all hospital admissions for road crashes in Adelaide is now going ahead to look further at this problem. The paper also describes studies looking specifically at pedestrian crashes. These include studies of the relationship between travelling speed and the risk of a fatal pedestrian crash, and studies utilising real crash data to validate headforms and test dummies used in the assessment of the safety of new vehicles in the event of a collision with a pedestrian.
The aim of this study is to investigate the differences in car occupant injury severity recorded in AIS 2005 compared to AIS 1990 and to outline the likely effects on future data analysis findings. Occupant injury data in the UK Cooperative Crash Injury Study Database (CCIS) were coded for the period February 2006 to November 2007 using both AIS 1990 and AIS 2005. Data for 1,994 occupants with over 6000 coded injuries were reviewed at the AIS and MAIS level of severities and body regions to determine changes between the two coding methodologies. Overall there was an apparent general trend for fewer injuries to be coded at the AIS 4+ severity and more injuries to be coded at the AIS 2 severity. When these injury trends were reviewed in more detail it was found that the body regions which contributed the most to these changes in severity were the head, thorax and extremities. This is one of the first studies to examine the implications for large databases when changing to an updated method for coding injuries.
Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and TechnologyrnAbstract: The degrees of injury severity, as a rule injuries scaled by AIS of specific regions of the human body, investigated out of road traffic accidents correspond to the body-specific loading values, which are found out with the aid of experimental or mathematical simulation of crash tests with motor vehicles or with sled tests. The coherence between the injured human being on the one hand and the physical and the theoretical model respectively on the other hand is established by the risk function, which describes the probability of degrees of injury severity in dependence on the protection criteria. Due to the different physical characteristics in the simulation, e.g. accelerations, forces, compressions and their velocity, the compilation of these quantities, comparable to the MAIS, the maximal occurred single AIS obtained in accident analysis is much more difficult in the simulation than in the accident occurrence. Therefore it is obvious to normalize the loading values gained out of simulation and to summarise them to an entire value in a suitable manner, the safety index.rn
The fact that ADAC Air Rescue handles approximately 4,000 road accident missions every year gave rise to set up an accident research programme for which ADAC Air Rescue provides its data. This data is of initial informational quality and will be supplemented by data from the police, experts, fire brigades as well as hospitals and forensic institutes. Although the number of cases is still rather low, certain tendencies can be identified. The causes for most accidents occur when joining or intersecting traffic, followed by speeding in road bends and tailgating. Many accidents involve HGV rear end collisions, often causing serious injuries, considerable damage and technical problems for the rescue operations. With regard to the various impact types, it has become obvious that most of the extremely serious injuries are inflicted during a passenger car side impact. In addition, access to and removal of trapped passengers is becoming more and more complicated, partly due to the increasing use of high-strength materials, and rescue operations tend to be more time consuming.
Bicyclists are minimally or unprotected road users. Their vulnerability results in a high injury risk despite their relatively low own speed. However, the actual injury situation of bicyclists has not been investigated very well so far. The purpose of this study was to analyze the actual injury situation of bicyclists in Germany to create a basis for effective preventive measures. Technical and medical data were prospectively collected shortly after the accident at the accident scenes and medical institutions providing care for the injured. Data of injured bicyclists from 1985 to 2003 were analyzed for the following parameters: collision opponent, collision type, collision speed (km/h), Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS), Maximum AIS (MAIS), incidence of polytrauma (Injury Severity Score >16), incidence of death (death before end of first hospital stay). 4,264 injured bicyclists were included. 55% were male and 45% female. The age was grouped to preschool age in 0.9%, 6 to 12 years in 10.8%, 13 to 17 years in 10.4%, 18 to 64 years in 64.7%, and over 64 years in 13.2%. The MAIS was 1 in 78.8%, 2 in 17.0%, 3 in 3.0%, 4 in 0.6%, 5 in 0.4%, and 6 in 0.2%. The incidence of polytrauma was 0.9%, and the incidence of death was 0.5%. The incidence of injuries to different body regions was as follows: head, 47.8%; neck, 5.2%, thorax, 21%; upper extremities, 46.3%; abdomen, 5.8%; pelvis, 11.5%, lower extremities, 62.1%. The accident location was urban in 95.2%, and rural in 4.8%. The accidents happened during daylight in 82.4%, during night in 12.2%, and during dawn/dusk in 5.3%. The road situation was as follows: straight, 27.3%; bend, 3.0%; junction, 32.0%; crossing, 26.4%; gate, 5.9%; others, 5.4%. The collision opponents were cars in 65.8%, trucks in 7.2%, bicycles in 7.4%, standing objects in 8.8%, multiple objects in 4.3%, and others in 6.5%. The collision speed was grouped <31 in 77.9%, 31-50 in 4.9%, 51-70 in 3.7%, and >70 in 1.5%. The helmet use rate was 1.5%. 68% of the registered head injuries were located in the effective helmet protection area. In bicyclists, head and extremities are at high risk for injuries. The helmet use rate is unsatisfactorily low. Remarkably, two thirds of the head injuries could have been prevented by helmets. Accidents are concentrated to crossings, junctions and gates. A significant lower mean injury severity was observed in victims using separate bicycle lanes. These results do strongly support the extension or addition of bicycle lanes and their consequent use. However, the lanes are frequently interrupted at crossings and junctions. This emphasizes also the important endangering of bicyclists coming from crossings, junctions and gates, i.e. all situations in which contact of bicyclists to motorized vehicles is possible. Redesigning junctions and bicycle traffic lanes to minimize the possibility of this dangerous contact would be preventive measures. A more consequent helmet use and use and an extension of bicycle paths for a better separation of bicyclists and motorized vehicle would be simple but very effective preventive measures.
In recent years special attention has been paid to reducing the number of fatalities resulting from road traffic accidents. The ambitious target to cut in half the number of road users who are killed each year by 2010 compared with the 2001 figures, as set out in the European White Paper "European Transport Policy for 2010: Time to Decide" implies a general approach covering all kinds of road users. Much has been achieved, e.g. in relation to the safety of car passengers and pedestrians but PTW accidents still represent a significant proportion of fatal road accidents. More than 6,000 motorcyclists die annually on European roads which amounts to 16% of the EU-15 road fatalities. The European Commission therefore launched in 2004 a Sub- Project dealing with motorcycle accidents within an Integrated Project called APROSYS (Advanced PROtection SYStems) forming part of the 6th Framework Programme. In a first step, the combined national statistical data collections of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain were analysed. Amongst other things parameters like accident location, road conditions, road alignment and injury severity have been explored. The main focus of the analysis was on serious and fatal motorcycle accidents and the results showed similar trends in all four countries. From these results 7 accident scenarios were selected for further investigation via such in-depth databases as the DEKRA database, the GIDAS 2002 database, the COST 327 database and the Dutch element of the MAIDS database. Three tasks, namely the study of PTW collisions with passenger cars, PTW accidents involving road infrastructure features, and motorcyclist protective devices have been assessed and these will concentrate inter alia on accident causes, rider kinematics and injury patterns. A detailed literature review together with the findings of the in-depths database analysis is presented in the paper. Conclusions are drawn and the further stages of the project are highlighted.
Empirical vehicle crashworthiness studies are usually based on national or in-depth traffic accident surveys: Data on accident-involved cars/drivers are analysed in order to quantify the chance of driver injury and to assess certain risk factors like car make and model. As the cars/drivers involved in the same accident form a "cluster", where the size of the cluster equals the number of accident-involved parties, traffic accident survey data are typical multi-level data with accidents as first-level or primary and cars/drivers as secondlevel or secondary units (car occupants in general are to be considered as third level units). Consequently, appropriate statistical multi-level models are to be used for driver injury risk estimation purposes as these models properly account for the cluster structure of traffic accident survey data. In recent years various types of regression models for clustered data have been developed in the statistical sciences. This paper presents multi-level statistical models, which are generally applicable for vehicle crashworthiness assessment in the sense that data on single and multiple car crashes can be analysed simultaneously. As a special case of multi-level modelling driver injury risk estimation based on paired-by-collision car/driver data is considered. It is demonstrated that assessment results may be seriously biased, if the cluster structure inherent in traffic accident survey data is erroneously ignored in the data analysis stage.
Internationally, the need is expressed for harmonized traffic accident data collection (PSN, PENDANT, etc.). Together with this effort of harmonization, traffic accident investigation moves more and more in the direction of accident causation. As current methods only partly address these needs, a new method was set up. The main characteristics of this method are: • Accident/injury causation (associated) factors can objectively be identified and quantified, by comparison with exposure information from a normal population. • All relevant accident and exposure data can be included: human-, vehicle-, and environmental related data for the pre-crash, crash and postcrash situation (the so-called Haddon matrix). The level of detail can be chosen depending on interest and/or budget, which makes the method very flexible. In this paper the accident collection and control group method are presented, including some of the achieved results from a pilot study on 30 truck accidents and 30 control locations. The data were analyzed by using cross-tabulations and classification-tree analysis. The method proved useful for the identification of statistically significant causational aspects.
During the last 5 years, the number of cars fitted with side airbags has dramatically increased. They are now standard equipment, even on many smaller cars or less luxurious vehicles. While some side airbags offer thoracic protection alone, there are those that combine thoracic and head protection (of which most deploy from the seat). Other systems employ separate airbags for head and thorax protection, which are designed to be effective noticeably in a crash against a pole. This paper proposes an evaluation of the effectiveness of side airbags in preventing thoracic injuries to passenger car occupants involved in side crashes. First, the target population (who can take benefit of side airbag deployment and in what circumstances) is defined. Side airbags can be especially effective in cases of impacts on the door with intrusion at a certain impact speed. Then, an example case of a side impact with side airbag deployment is given were side airbag deployment is thought to have had a positive effect on injury outcome. A further case is presented where the impact configuration is likely to have reduced the effect of side airbag deployment on injury outcome. Finally, the estimation of side airbag effectiveness (in terms of additional occupant protection brought exclusively by the airbag) is proposed by comparing injury risk sustained by occupants in (more or less) similar cars (fitted or non fitted with airbags) because, during these years, car structure, and side airbag conception have considerably evolved. In-depth accident data from France, the UK and Germany has been collected. Out of 2,035 side impact accident cases available in the databases, we selected 435 occupants of passenger cars (built from 1998 onwards) involved in an injury accident between year 1998 and year 2004 for EES (Energy Equivalent Speed) values between 20km/h and 50km/h. The occupants, belted or not, were sat on the struck side, whatever the obstacle and type of accidents (intersection, loss of control, etc.). For multiple impact crashes, the side impact is assumed to be the more severe one. Passenger cars were fitted with (96) or without (339) side airbags. Most of the potential risk explanatory variables were correctly and reliably reported in the databases (velocity " impact zone " impact angle " occupant characteristics, etc.). The analysis compared injury risks for different levels of EES and different types of side airbags. A logistic regression model was also computed with injury variables (such as thoracic AIS 2+ or AIS 3+) as the dependant variable and other variables (including airbag type and EES) as explanatory injury risk factors. Results revealed statistically non-significant reductions in thoracic AIS 2+ and AIS 3+ injury risk in side airbag equipped cars in the impact violence range selected (odds ratio between 0.84 and 0.98 depending on types of airbags). The results are discussed. The non-significance is assumed to be due to a low number of cases. Statistical analysis for head injuries was not possible due to the low number of accident cases with passenger cars fitted with head airbags in the databases. Moreover, the discrepancies between the data coming from different countries (especially calculation of EES) might have introduced instability in the analysis.
In Germany, in-depth accident investigations are carried out in the Hannover area since 1973. In 1999 a second region was added with surveys in Dresden and the surrounding area. Internationally, the acronym GIDAS (German In-Depth Accident Study) is commonly used for these surveys. Compared to many other countries, the sample sizes of the GIDAS surveys are much larger. The goal is to collect 1.000 accidents involving personal injuries per year and region. Data collection takes place by using a sampling procedure, which can be interpreted as a two-stage process with time intervals as primary units and accidents as secondary units. An important question is, to what extend these samples are representative for the target population from which they are drawn. Analyses show, for example, that accidents with persons killed or seriously injured are overrepresented in the samples compared to accidents with slightly injured persons. This means, that these data are subject to biases due to uncontrolled variation of sample inclusion probability. Therefore, appropriate weighting and expansion methods have to be applied in order to adjust or correct for these biases. The contribution describes the statistical and methodological principles underlying the GIDAS surveys with respect to sampling procedure, data collection and expansion. In addition, some suggestions regarding potential improvements of study design are made from a methodological point of view.
Annually within the European Union, there are over 50,000 road accident fatalities and 2 million other casualties, of which the majority are either the occupants of cars or other road users in collision with a car. The European Commission now has competency for vehicle-based injury countermeasures through the Whole Vehicle Type Approval system. As a result, the Commission has recognised that casualty reduction strategies must be based on a full understanding of the real-world need under European conditions and that the effectiveness of vehicle countermeasures must be properly evaluated. The PENDANT study commenced in January 2003 in order to explore the possibility of developing a co-ordinated set of targeted, in-depth crash data resources to support European Union vehicle and road safety policy. Three main work activity areas (Work Packages) commenced to provide these resources. This paper describes some of the outcomes of Work Package 2 (WP2, In-depth Crash Investigations and Data Analysis). In WP2, some 1,100 investigations of crashes involving injured car occupants were conducted in eight EU countries to a common protocol based on that developed in the STAIRS programme. This paper describes the purposes, methodology and results of WP2. It is expected that the results will be used as a co-ordinated system to inform European vehicle safety policy in a systematic, integrated manner. Furthermore, the results of the data analyses will be exploited further to provide new directions to develop injury countermeasures and regulations.
Validation of human pedestrian models using laboratory data as well as accident reconstruction
(2007)
Human pedestrian models have been developed and improved continually. This paper shows the latest stage in development and validation of the multibody pedestrian model released with MADYMO. The biofidelity of the multibody pedestrian model has been verified using a range of full pedestrian-vehicle impact tests with a large range in body sizes (16 male, 2 female, standing height 160-192cm, weight 53.5-90kg). The simulation results were objectively correlated to experimental data. Overall, the model predicted the measured response well. In particular the head impact locations were accurately predicted, indicated by global correlation scores over 90%. The correlation score for the bumper forces and accelerations of various body parts was lower (47-64%), which was largely attributed to the limited information available on the vehicle contact characteristics (stiffness, damping, deformation). Also, the effects of the large range in published leg fracture tolerances on the predicted risk to leg fracture by the pedestrian model were evaluated and compared with experimental results. The validated mid-size male model was scaled to a range of body sizes, including children and a female. Typical applications for the pedestrian models are trend studies to evaluate vehicle front ends and accident reconstructions. Results obtained in several studies show that the pedestrian models match pedestrian throw distances and impact locations observed in real accidents. Larger sets of well documented cases can be used to further validate the models especially for specific populations as for instance children. In addition, these cases will be needed to evaluate the injury predictive capability of human models. Ongoing developments include a so-called facet pedestrian model with a more accurate geometry description and a more humanlike spine and neck and a full FE model allowing more detailed injury analysis.
While the number of fatal accidents is diminishing every year, there is still a need of improvement and action to prevent these deaths. Basis for this purpose has to be an analysis about the factors influencing the car crash mortality. There are various studies describing the univariate influence of several factors, but crash scenarios are too complex to be described by a single variable. The multivariate analysis respects the interference of the variables and gets so to more detailed and representative results. This multivariate analysis is based on about 2,600 cases (the data have been collected by the accident research units Hannover and Dresden (during the years 1999-2003). This paper presents a multivariate model (containing ten different variables) which detects 93% of these cases properly. This means it detects the cases as truly survived and truly death.
The need for improved EU level accident information and data was identified in the EU White Paper on Transport Policy (2001)1 and detailed in the Road Safety Action Plan (2003)2. The plan specifies that the EC will develop a road safety observatory to coordinate data collection within an integrated framework.
This study is aimed to investigate the correlations of impact conditions and dynamic responses with the injuries and injury severity of child pedestrians by accident reconstruction. For this purpose, the pedestrian accident cases were selected from Sweden and Germany with detailed information about injuries, accident cars, and accident environment. The selected accident cases were reconstructed using mathematical models of pedestrian and passenger car. The pedestrian models were generated based on the height, weight, and age of the pedestrian involved in accidents. The car models were built up based on the corresponding accident car. The impact speeds in simulations were defined based on the reported data. The calculated physical quantities were analyzed to find the correlation with injury outcomes registered in the accident database. The reconstruction approaches are discussed in terms of data collection, estimating vehicle impact speeds, pedestrian moving speeds and initial posture, secondary ground impact, validity of the mathematical models, as well as impact biomechanics.
The data situation for quantifying the proportion of accidents avoided by the introduction of active safety systems is incomplete, since there is generally no data available on the accidents avoided by the technology in question. In this paper, a split-register approach is suggested and compared with the classical case-control approach known from epidemiologic applications. Provided a set of assumptions hold, which can reasonably be made in such data situations, the split register approach allows inferences on the population accident risk. For both approaches the benefits of basing the analysis on the results of a logistic regression to adjust for confounding factors are outlined. The biasing effects of violating key assumptions are discussed and the split-register approach is demonstrated using the example of the active safety system ESP with data from the German in-depth accident study GIDAS.
Active safety systems are aimed at accident prevention, hence the knowledge required for their development is different from that required for passive safety systems aimed at injury prevention. Particularly, knowledge about accident causation is required. When looking at existing accident causation data, it is argued it fails to explain in sufficient detail how and why the accidents occur. Therefore, there is a need for detailed micro-level descriptions of accident causation mechanisms, and also of methodologies suitable for creating such descriptions. One study addressing these needs is the Swedish project FICA (Factors Influencing the Causation of Accidents and Incidents), where an accident investigation methodology suitable for active safety is developed, and in-depth accident investigations following this methodology are carried out on-scene in the area of Gothenburg by a multidisciplinary team. A preliminary aggregated analysis of different cases shows that the methodology developed is adequate for pointing out common contributing factors and devising principal countermeasures.
Electronic Stability Program (ESP) aims to prevent the lateral instability of a vehicle. Linked to the braking and powertrain systems, it prevents the car from running wide on a corner or the rear from sliding out. It also helps the driver control his trajectory, without replacing him, in the case of loss of control where the driver is performing an emergency manoeuvrer (confused and exaggerated steering wheel actions). A new ESP function optimizes ESP action in curves with hard under steering (situations in which the front wheels lose grip and the vehicle slides towards the outside of the curve). A complementary feature prevents the wheels from spinning when pulling away and accelerating. The name given to the ESP system varies according to the vehicle manufacturer, but other terms include: active stability control (ASC), automotive stability management system (ASMS), dynamic stability control (DSC), vehicle dynamic control (VDC), vehicle stability control (VSC) or electronic stability Control (ESC). This paper proposes an evaluation of the effectiveness of ESP in terms of reduction of injur accidents in France. The method consists of 3 steps: - The identification, in the French National injury accident census (Gendarmerie Nationale only), of accident-involved cars for which the determination of whether or not the car was fitted with ESP is possible. A sample of 1 356 cars involved in injury accidents occurred in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 was then selected. But we had to restrict the analysis to only 588 Renault Lagunas. - The identification of accident situations for which we can determine whether or not ESP is pertinent (for example ESP is pertinent for loss of control accidents whilst it is not for cars pulling out of a junction). - The calculation, via a logistic regression, of the relative risk of being involved in an ESPpertinent accident for ESP equipped cars versus unequipped cars, divided by the relative risk of being involved in a non ESP-pertinent accident for ESP equipped cars versus unequipped cars. This relative risk is assumed to be the best estimator of ESP effectiveness. The arguments for such a method, effectiveness indicator and implicit hypothesis are presented and discussed in the paper. Based on a few assumptions, ESP is proved to be highly effective. Currently, the relative risk of being involved in an ESP pertinent accident for ESP-equipped cars is lower (-44%, although not statistically significant)rnthan for other cars.rn
The so-called "seat-belt injuries" or "seat-belt syndromes", described as 2-point seat-belt injuries, contain heavy inflection injuries of the lumbal spinal column, combined with heavy abdominal injuries as rupture of the upper intestinal bold or heavy injuries of the upper entrails. With "playing" children in the font of the car, with inappropriate plant of 3-point belts, identical injuries can occur.
Rollover scenarios in Europe
(2005)
Rollover accidents seem to be a rising problem in Europe and therefore the systematic of this accident scenario should be investigated. Based on statistical investigations on major European accident databases for different countries a series of 73 real world rollover accidents was analysed. These cases were reconstructed using PC-Crash and preliminary categorised using a modified USbased rollover classification. In a first step, the rollover events were reconstructed from the point of conflict to the vehicle- rest position. The vehicles kinematics as well as its linear and rotational velocities were derived. In a second step typical velocity characteristics as well as kinematics were identified and the events categorised according to these criteria. Based on these results four main categories were defined, covering all reconstructed accidents. This categorisation was based on mechanical parameters (rotatory and translator kinematical data of the vehicle). Significant differences can be seen for different scenarios for the "first phase of rollover".
This paper describes the methodology of In-Depth Investigation in Germany on the example of GIDAS (German In-Depth Accident Study). Since 1999 in Germany a joint project between FAT (Forschungsvereinigung Automobiltechnik or Automotive Industry Research Association) and BASt (Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen or the Federal Road Research Institute) is being carried out in Hannover and Dresden. The methodology of this project is based on a statistically orientated procedure of data sampling (sampling plan, weighting factors). The paper describes the possibilities of such in-depth investigation on the results of the offered title. The accident cases were collected randomly within GIDAS at Hannover. There are more cases existing from previous investigation started in 1985 under the same methodology. The portion of rollovers can be established at 3.7% of all accidents with casualties in the year 2000. For the study 434 cases of car accidents with rollovers are used for a detail comprehensive analysis. The accidents happened in the years 1994 to 2000 in the Hannover area. The injury distribution will report about 741 occupants with rollover accident event. The presented paper will give an overview of the accident situations following in rollover movements of cars. The distributions of injury frequencies, injury severity AIS for the whole body and for the body regions of occupants will be presented and compared to technical details like the impact speed and the deformation pattern. The speed of the car was determined at the point of rollover and on the point of accident initiency. The characteristics of the kinematics followed in a rollover movement are analyzed and the major defined types of rollover will be shown in the paper. The paper will describe the possibilities of In-Depth Investigation methods for the approach of finding countermeasures on the example of car accidents with rollover and explaining the biomechanics of injuries in rollover movements.
This paper set out to examine the possibilities for injury avoidance implications for older drivers in crashes, based on crash and injury patterns among older drivers and current trends in ageing in most western societies. A number of safety technologies were identified and discussed which have potential for improving vehicle older driver crash avoidance and crashworthiness. While there were some promising estimates available of the likely benefits of this technology for improving safety, it is evident that they need to be confirmed for older drivers, given their age-related disabilities and sensory limitations. Further research is urgently required to ensure that these technologies yield safety benefits without any disbenefits for older drivers.rn
Nowadays airbags are part of the standard equipment in almost all new cars. While airbags are saving an increasing number of people from severe injuries and death in moderate and high speed crashes, they do not completely prevent dashboard injuries. The most common mechanism in dashboard injuries is a posteriorly directed force to the proximal tibia with the knee flexed. This may occur during a motor vehicle frontal impact accident when a knee of the driver or the front-seat passenger strikes the dashboard. The posterior force can be combined with a abducting or rotational force leading to concomitant lateral or posterolateral injury. Car and airbag manufacturers therefore develop special inflatable systems to reduce the impact force in dashboard injuries. Every new inflatable system, however, has to be evaluated in out of position situations in which the system might cause injuries to certain body areas. Therefore, we investigated a new kneebag system in different critical seating positions of post mortem test subjects (PMTS). The tested knee airbag module is a folded airbag (18 litre volume) which is installed below the lower section of the instrument panel of a passenger car. Using four PMTS (2 male, 2 female, age 36"67) the following positions were tested: normal seating position, knee flexed >90 degrees and knee flexed <60 degrees in static deployment tests with direct contact. In addition a dynamic test (48.8kph, AAMA-pulse) was carried out with the PMTS belted in a normal seating position. The inflation phase and the impact of the system on the knee/lower leg were analysed by high speed videos. After the test the lower legs of the PMTS were examined by Xray and autopsy. All soft tissue injuries and bone fractures were recorded. All the tests could be evaluated. Except some superficial skin lesions in the impact area no fracture of the bones around the knee and no knee ligament and tendon injuries were observed. Neither video analysis nor autopsy of the PMTS showed any critical contact injuries caused by the inflation process of the bag. Therefore, it can be concluded that in the tested seating positions which are the most critical for the knee area the knee bag system is safe.