To save lives in future traffic crashes, we need to understand what people will be doing in
fully automated vehicles during various types of trips, and shape the restraint systems to …

Automated vehicles come with the expectation of new, comfortable seating positions, in
particular with seats moved rearward to increase legroom, and with reclined seatbacks and …

Five intersection crashes between two vehicles, one autonomous and one manually driven,
were investigated to identify the most severe crash scenarios for occupants in autonomous …

Twelve passenger car-to-heavy goods vehicle (HGV) head-on crash configurations were
simulated to identify which of these crashes lead to the highest crash severity for the car and …

Vehicle safety systems are developed to reduce or mitigate the most frequent injuries in
passenger vehicle crashes. The frequency, and hence priority of injuries to address are …

The subject study provides an overview of several rear seat restraint configurations, with a
focus on the restraint performance of a real-time adaptive (RTA) retractor system. The …

This study examined the influence of chest restraint force on the chest injury probability of
the human body model (HBM) in frontal collision. Total Human Model for Safety (THUMS) …

In Japan, the ratio of the elderly in traffic accident fatalities has been increasing, and the
thorax is the most frequently injured body region. Therefore, preventing chest injury to the …

Tens of millions are annually injured in Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) worldwide, while the
estimated number of RTA fatalities amounted to 1.35 million in 2016. In Europe, car …

From European accident data the proportion of fatal and severe crashes suffered by over 65
year old road users is increasing. In response to this, the SENIORS project [1] aims to …