Project overview
Background Demographic change Source: Federal Statistics Office Germany, 2003
Share of elderly fatalities Background Vulnerable road users 30% Share of elderly fatalities 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Source: CARE database, 2017
Background Key target Safe mobility = quality of life Most new car buyers < 29 30-49 50-69 > 70 Image: highwaytosafety.com Mean age of new car buyers in Germany in 2012. Source: University of Duisburg-Essen
Objectives Provide the knowledge and enable the tools to reduce the number of elderly fatalities and serious injuries Impact assessment Car occupants Pedestrians Cyclists Pedelecs Other transport modes Accident studies and modal split Biomechanics Tools and procedures (simulation and testing) Influence of active safety measures Dissemination (UNECE, Euro NCAP, etc.) Demographic change Elderly Maintain safe mobility
Workplan WP2 Biomechanics WP1 Accidentology and behaviour of elderly in road traffic WP5 Dissemination and exploitation WP4 Current protection and impact of new safety systems Management WP6 WP3 Test tool development
June 2015 October 2015 February 2016 July 2016 June 2017 July 2017 May 2018 Workplan Timing WP1 Accidentology and behaviour of elderly in road traffic WP2 Biomechanics WP3 Test tool developments WP4 Current protection and impact of new safety systems WP5 Dissemination and exploitation WP6 Management
Workplan WP 1: Accidentology and behaviour of elderly in road traffic Quantification of needs Literature (injury, behaviour, ) Accident studies Fill knowledge gaps by additional(novel analyses Accident and hospital data Differences in crashes involving older and younger people Overview of most common and critical crash scenarios as well as of the injuries sustained Prioritise future project activities Behavioural aspects Literature Modal split Different transport modes Initial benefit assessment Achievable violation prevention Analysis of risks Consideration of safety measures by vehicle systems, traffic education and infrastructure Human factors Safety strategies Human factors that influence safety and mobility of older road users Determined accident risk factors and safety potentials Weighted risk of injury based on exposure Preparation of cost benefit impact of the measures to be developed Influence of active safety systems Descriptive risk analysis considering the integrated approach Derivation of safety strategies WP2, 3 and 4
Workplan WP 2: Biomechanics WP1: Identification of needs/priorities for older road users Biomechanical testing Dummies / impactors Numerical models Injury criteria CAR OCCUPANT Better older thorax IRC Overweight occupant Active HBM IMPROVED TOOLS PEDESTRIAN/CYCLIST Flex-PLI with UBM Head-neck Pedestrian thorax Injury risk curves Test procedures Assessment procedures WP4: BENEFIT AND IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
WP3 Workplan WP 3: Test tool development WP1 Occupant size selection, overview of Injuries to address, loading conditions (scenarios) WP2 Biomechanical requirements and injury risk curve developments Task 3.1 Design specifications Specification document for pedestrian safety tool updates Specification document for elderly overweight dummy Task 3.2 Tool Design Develop pedestrian safety tools for testing Develop elderly overweight dummy prototypes for testing Task 3.3 Tool Validations Repeating PMHS tests or other conditions defined in WP2 Fine tuning of components if needed Includes requirements on Anthropometry and biofidelity requirements Instrumentation Durability Handling Includes requirements on CAD modelling Material Selection Mold design and realization Realization and fine tuning of prototype parts Sensor development / installation Assembly Test tools for WP4 Test data for risk curve development in WP2
WP4 Workplan WP 4: Current protection and impact of new safety systems WP1: Accident scenarios, Injury pattern WP2: Injury tolerance, Biomechanics characteristics WP3: SotA testing methods, SotA Assessment methods, New testing tools T4.1 Test procedure Configuration Tools Assessment proc. Critical areas Threshold values T4.2 Assessment of Safety systems Test procedure Assessment method Current test proc. New test proc. Current systems New systems Current systems New systems Current assess. Euro NCAP results Extrapolate testing Extrapolate testing Extrapolate testing New assess. Extrapolate Euro NCAP results Testing Testing Testing T4.3 Impact Impact of the new tests & assessments methods Impact of the new systems
Latest results New needs on the road in a changing society Elderly overrepresented in injury statistics 2x Risk of thorax injury for older car occupants 10% more likely to suffer MAIS2+ injuries as pedestrians Injury probability depending on collision speed for 25-64 and 65+ road users
Latest results Optimizing the safety of the elderly New FlexPLI-UBM with high correlation with HBM kinematics Considered for Euro NCAP 2025 roadmap Thorax injury prediction tool usability explored
Latest results 3D printing to improve the safety of the elderly Patent pending Elderly, overweight dummy More realistic assessment of thoracic injuries Seatbelt interaction with pressure measuring organs 3D printed
Latest results Latest publications Beebe, M., Ubom, I., Vara, T., Burleigh, M., & McCarthy, J. (2017). The Introduction of a New Elderly Anthropomorphic Test Device (EATD). In 25th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Paper number 17-0091. Fornells, A., Parera, N., Ferrer, A., & Fiorentino, A. (2017). Senior Drivers, Bicyclists and Pedestrian Behavior Related with Traffic Accidents and Injuries (No. 2017-01-1397). SAE Technical Paper. Wisch, M., Lerner, M., Vukovic, E., Schäfer, R., Hynd, D., Fiorentino, A., & Fornells, A. (2017). Road traffic crashes in Europe involving older car occupants, older pedestrians or cyclists in crashes with passenger cars Results from SENIORS. In Proceedings of the 25th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). Paper number 2017-01-1397. Wisch, M., Lerner, M., Vukovic, E., Hynd, D., Fiorentino, A., & Fornells, A. (2017). Injury Patterns of Older Car Occupants, Older Pedestrians or Cyclists in Road Traffic Crashes with Passenger Cars in Europe Results from SENIORS. In IRCOBI Conference Proceedings. Paper number IRC-17-17 Zander, O., Ott, J., Wisch, M., Fornells, A., Fuchs, T., Hynd, D.,... & Lundgren, C. (2017). Safety Enhanced Innovations for Older Road Users (Seniors): Further Development of Test and Assessment Procedures Towards an Improved Passive Protection of Pedestrians and Cyclists. In 25th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Paper number 17-0268. Eggers, A., Ott, J., Pipkorn, B., Bråse, D., Mroz, K., Valdes, F. L.,... & Peldschus, S. (2017). A New Generic Frontal Occupant Sled Test Set-Up Developed within the EU-Project SENIORS. In 25th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Paper number 17-0261
Latest results Latest publications Wisch, M., et al. (2017). Road traffic accidents involving the elderly and obese people in Europe incl. investigation of the risk of injury and disabilities. Deliverable Report D1.2. Fiorentino, A., et al. (2016). Behavioural aspects of elderly as road traffic participants and model split. Deliverable Report D1.1. Burleigh, M. (2017). Introduction of a New Elderly Anthropomorphic Test Device. Carhs Presentation. Burleigh, M. (2017). EC SENIORS PROJECT (Safety Enhanced Injury for Older Road Users). BSI committee meeting Presentation. Zander, O., et al. (2017). EU Project SENIORS: Evaluation of test tools for an improved assessment of pedestrian and cyclist injuries. Carhs Presentation.
Partners For further information: Marcus Wisch wisch@bast.de This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 636136.