Publication Details

Title	Vehicle design for pedestrian protection
Authors	McLean AJ
Year	2005
Type	Report
Abstract	This report is a review of the regulation of vehicle design as it relates to the protection of a pedestrian in the event of a collision. It commences with a brief description of the background to the current approach to regulation in this area and then gives an overview of the requirements of the European and Japanese regulations. Moves by the UN/ECE through the Global Technical Regulations to develop an internationally acceptable standard are described in the context of the existing regulations and the on-going work of the International Harmonised Research Activities Pedestrian Safety Working Group. The report concludes with a description of the proposed European Directive for the regulation of the design of vehicle frontal protection systems (bull bars) to reduce the risk of injury to a pedestrian in a collision, and a comparison of these proposed requirements with the Australian Standard for Vehicle Frontal Protection Systems.
Report Number	CASR037
Publisher	Centre for Automotive Safety Research
Publisher City	Adelaide
Sponsor	Roads and Traffic Authority
ISBN	1920947396
ISSN	1449-2237
Page Count	22

Reference

McLean AJ (2005). Vehicle design for pedestrian protection (CASR037). Adelaide: Centre for Automotive Safety Research.

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