future assessment of vru safety features nicholas clarke chief executive officer july 2013
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Future Assessment of VRU Safety FeaturesNicholas ClarkeChief Executive OfficerJuly 2013
Source: BITRE Australian Road Deaths Database
Australian Road Fatalities by Road User
* Under consideration
Passive safety tests
CURRENT FUTURE*
64 km/h 40% frontal offset
50 km/h MDB side impact
29 km/h side pole
pedestrian
whiplash
roof crush (from 2014)
Current tests
New AE-MDB side impact?(replaces MDB side impact)
New oblique side pole?(replaces side pole)
Full frontal?
64 km/h 25% frontal offset test?
David Strickland - NHTSA Administrator (ESV 2013)
Remove the dummy?
"90% of crashes in the US involve some form of human error.
Automation is the key in removing that human element.”
The Change
• Previously, passive safety test performance differentiated the good from the bad.
• This differentiation point has shifted now to active safety; Safety Assist Technology (SAT).
Source: Scientific American Magazine 2008 with ANCAP overlay
SAT examples
Source: Thatcham Research Centre UK
Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB)
• Detects objects in path of vehicle
• Alerts driver to hazard
• Applies brakes (strongly) if beyond human intervention
* Under consideration
Active safety tests
CURRENT FUTURE*
Pass or Fail
Meet Functional Definition
Autonomous Emergency Braking:
o Euro NCAP test protocols for City & Interurban AEB completed.
o Performance tests from 2014 impact speed reduction.
o Key elements tested:− Autonomous braking− Forward collision warning− Human machine interface
o ANCAP will take Euro NCAP results (developing some capacity in Australia).
o Leaves a void in ANCAP testing when vehicles not tested by Euro NCAP.
Michiel van Ratingen: Secretary-General Euro NCAP 2012
“A faster penetration of [AEB] technologies into new cars will make it more realistic for the European Union to reach its target to
cut road deaths by 50% by 2020.
Consequently, Euro NCAP has decided to include AEB assessments as part of the
overall star rating from 2014 onwards and hopes that European authorities will soon
require AEB as mandatoryon all new vehicle types.”
The Goal
Where do we need to be to achieve a 50% reduction in deaths and injury by 2020?
• Taking ACTION to encourage & ensure swift uptake of SAT, in particular Autonomous Emergency Braking.
• Taking ACTION to continue to raise the bar for vehicle safety performance.
• Taking ACTION to publicise and reward those manufacturers who introduce SAT.
• Taking ACTION to improve our responsiveness to and uptake of vehicle safety initiatives from around the world.
Accept nothing less.
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