Vehicle Bumper Performance in Part 581 Versus Pedestrian Leg Protection

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• Creators:
  Suntay, Brian ; Stammen, Jason
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Bumpers
  • Pedestrian safety
  • bumper design
  • EuroNCAP
  • CFR 49 Part 581
  • Ford Focus
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 812 942
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1530191
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  The objective of this study was to determine if it was possible for a single bumper design to perform well with respect to both pedestrian protection and Part 581 bumper damageability requirements. This possibility was investigated by testing various bumper configurations for a “global platform” vehicle following both the European New Car Assessment Programme (EuroNCAP) Pedestrian Testing Protocol and the Code of Federal Regulations 49 Part 581 Bumper Standard. To investigate the bumper damageability side of this question, the test conditions most relevant to pedestrian protection were conducted: the 2.5 mph front center (longitudinal) and 1.5 mph front corner tests. EuroNCAP pedestrian and Part 581 bumper impacts were performed on a U.S. model 2012 Ford Focus and an E.U. model 2012 Ford Focus, which was a U.S. model Ford Focus fitted with European front bumper components.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/49825/dot_49825_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.10 MB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Vehicle Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
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