Evaluation of near-side oblique frontal impacts using THOR with SD3 shoulder.

Objective: Within the EC Seventh Framework project THORAX, the Mod-Kit THOR was upgraded with a new thorax and shoulder. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the THOR ATD met a set of prerequisites to a greater extent than Hybrid III and by that measure whether the dummy could serve as a potential tool for future evaluation of serious head and chest injuries in near-side oblique frontal impacts.

Method: A small-overlap/oblique sled system was used to reflect occupant forces observed in oblique frontal crashes.