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TitleA comparison of the pedestrian passive safety performance of the new vehicle fleet in Australia, France and the United Kingdom
AuthorsPonte G, Anderson RWG, Searson DJ
Year2007
TypeConference Paper
AbstractImprovements to frontal vehicle design can improve a pedestrian's chance of survival in a collision but there are no design rules pertaining to pedestrian protection in Australia. Some overseas regulators are mandating a minimum level of pedestrian safety, and one consequence of this might be a flow of safer designs into the Australian vehicle fleet. To assess this, the distribution of pedestrian safety performance in the new car fleet of Australia was compared to those of France and the United Kingdom. A greater proportion of new passenger vehicles rated less than 2-stars for pedestrian safety by Euro NCAP and ANCAP are sold in Australia than in France and the United Kingdom. Furthermore, the portion of the new car fleet in France and the United Kingdom assessed by Euro NCAP/ANCAP since the beginning of 2006 has shown significant improvement and has a larger proportion of better performing vehicles than the equivalent segment of the Australian new car fleet. This period corresponds with the introduction of vehicle pedestrian safety requirements in Europe.
Conference Name2007 Road Safety Research, Education and Policing Conference, Melbourne
Conference AbbreviationRSR
Conference LocationMelbourne, Australia
Conference Date17-19 October 2007
Page Count10

Reference
Ponte G, Anderson RWG, Searson DJ (2007). A comparison of the pedestrian passive safety performance of the new vehicle fleet in Australia, France and the United Kingdom. 2007 Road Safety Research, Education and Policing Conference, Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 17-19 October 2007.


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