Style and package requirements to maximize pedestrian protection

C. Bastien; K. Laing; K. Distin

Style and package requirements to maximize pedestrian protection

C. Bastien, K. Laing, K. Distin

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Abstract

There are around 7000 pedestrian fatalities and hundreds of thousands of injuries in Europe each year. Pedestrian protection measures to reduce these casualties are long overdue. Impending pedestrian protection requirements are reviewed. They are going to create engineering challenges and have a significant impact on vehicle development costs. These costs can be minimised with careful styling of the vehicle to control (or eliminate) impact regions. Decisions made early in the vehicle's development will reduce the number of styling/engineering trade-offs. Sufficient package space behind impacted surfaces to manage the impactor's energy must be created. Some simple generic design guidelines for required package space are established. There are cases where styling is not enough - new technologies will be required to create the required clearance to hard points.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 3rd IMechE Automobile Division Southern Centre Conference on Total Vehicle Technology
Subtitle of host publication	Finding the Radical, Implementing the Practical
Editors	Peter R. N. Childs, R. K. Stobart
Place of Publication	Bury St Edmunds
Publisher	Professional Engineering Publishing
Pages	59-71
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	9781860584602
Publication status	Published - 19 Apr 2004
Externally published	Yes
Event	3rd IMechE Automobile Division Southern Centre Conference: Total Vehicle Technology; Finding the Radical, Implementing the Practical - University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom Duration: 26 Apr 2004 → 27 Apr 2004

Conference

Conference	3rd IMechE Automobile Division Southern Centre Conference
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Brighton
Period	26/04/04 → 27/04/04

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Style and package requirements to maximize pedestrian protection. / Bastien, C.; Laing, K.; Distin, K.
Proceedings of the 3rd IMechE Automobile Division Southern Centre Conference on Total Vehicle Technology: Finding the Radical, Implementing the Practical. ed. / Peter R. N. Childs; R. K. Stobart. Bury St Edmunds: Professional Engineering Publishing, 2004. p. 59-71.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding

Bastien, C, Laing, K & Distin, K 2004, Style and package requirements to maximize pedestrian protection. in PRN Childs & RK Stobart (eds), Proceedings of the 3rd IMechE Automobile Division Southern Centre Conference on Total Vehicle Technology: Finding the Radical, Implementing the Practical. Professional Engineering Publishing, Bury St Edmunds, pp. 59-71, 3rd IMechE Automobile Division Southern Centre Conference, Brighton, United Kingdom, 26/04/04.

Bastien, C. ; Laing, K. ; Distin, K. / Style and package requirements to maximize pedestrian protection. Proceedings of the 3rd IMechE Automobile Division Southern Centre Conference on Total Vehicle Technology: Finding the Radical, Implementing the Practical. editor / Peter R. N. Childs ; R. K. Stobart. Bury St Edmunds : Professional Engineering Publishing, 2004. pp. 59-71

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