Pediatric occupant-to-occupant interaction responses in side impact conditions using Q-dummy and child human body models.

Objective: Road safety of children has improved considerably over the past decade; however, there is still much scope to better protect these occupants. Ensuring adequate protection of children seated in the rear seats requires a greater understanding of how children are injured in side crashes. The purpose of this study was to enhance the knowledge of children's potential injuries in side impact collisions by the investigation of two different child sizes seated in different positions in the rear seats.

Postural analysis of side impact WorldSID 50 ATD in highly reclined seats.

Objective: The anthropomorphic test device (ATD) used in NCAP frontal impact, the Thor 50, has undergone substantial changes for safety restraint systems testing of upcoming autonomous vehicles (AVs), resulting in the Thor-AV 50 M. Likewise, a deep analysis of the ATD for lateral impacts, the WorldSID 50, is needed to determine the requirements it has to fulfill to accurately replicate the human body response under lateral impact. This study sets out general considerations regarding the WorldSID 50 ATD design in order to assess its suitability for AV testing scenarios.

Study on the influence of seating orientation during frontal impacts by child occupant human body model response analysis.

Objective: Autonomous driving cars must be developed to ensure that children will have the highest level of protection in case of collision. Changes to the vehicle cabin design (different seat orientations, fully reclining seats, etc.) may significantly impact child occupant safety.