What Are the Best Ways to Protect Pedestrian Safety?

The automobile pedestrian protection standard ^[1] is a technical standard for automobiles based on protecting pedestrian safety. The technical requirements of Chinese automobile pedestrian protection standards are equivalent to adopting GTR global regulations. This standard passed the review of the Automotive Standards Committee in September 2008 and has been reported. It is expected to be approved before the end of 2010 as a recommended national standard. Car pedestrian protection is implemented simultaneously when global regulations are implemented.

Automotive Pedestrian Protection Standard

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Automotive pedestrian protection standards ^[1]

China began research and drafting in 2005. It passed the preliminary examination in September 2008, was approved in 2010, and can be implemented in 2013. Automobile pedestrian protection standards are of great significance to China's traffic pedestrian protection. Some experts estimate that after the implementation of this standard, China can save 2,000 lives each year and reduce more than 17,000 severely injured people.

According to statistics, since 1998, more than 20,000 pedestrians have died in traffic accidents each year, accounting for about

Car Pedestrian Protection Standard Project Begins

China s pedestrian protection research project began in 2005. A research project entitled Sino-Japanese Pedestrian Protection Joint Research was jointly sponsored by the China Automotive Technology Research Center and Nissan Motors with the support of the National Development and Reform Commission. This two-and-a-half-year project collected more than 200 data in Beijing, Nanjing, Ningbo and other cities, as some basic data on domestic car collision pedestrian accidents, and provided technical support for the subsequent drafting and formulation of Chinese pedestrian protection standards.

Car pedestrian protection standard experimental stage

In March 2009, the China Automobile Research Center introduced the pedestrian collision protection test system from French BIA company, successfully installed and commissioned in the test room parts room and put it into use, laying a technical foundation for the introduction of relevant standards. The C-NCAP of China's automotive safety crash test is also being improved day by day. After 4 years of practice, the China Automotive Research Center also proposed the newly revised "C-NCAP Management Rules (2009 Edition)" for the first time on June 30, 2009. After the implementation of the new evaluation rules, C-NCAP will introduce inspection projects including rear-end tests and pedestrian protection.

Although China's automobile safety collisions have improved significantly, compared with regions in Europe, Japan, the United States and other regions that have carried out automobile safety collision tests earlier, China's C-NCAP still has room for improvement in some aspects.

Drawing on European standards

NCAP pedestrian protection crash test standard

On February 9, 2009, European car crash test agency NCAP announced that it had adopted a new rating system to replace the previous simple 5-star rating. The new rating system is more stringent than the previous version. For example, 85% of the series of test vehicles must be equipped with an ESC control unit to obtain a 5-star rating. The three safety categories of pedestrian, adult, and child protection not only continue to be retained in the new system, but also introduce a percentage of safety factor for each of them, and are included in the overall safety rating, increasing the importance of evaluating the protection performance of children and pedestrians.

European NCAP began to add pedestrian protection tests in 2002, prompting car manufacturers to give more consideration to pedestrian safety in design. The European NCAP pedestrian protection test method is basically the same as the European Union's technical directive on pedestrian collision regulations, but the relevant indicators are much stricter. The content of the pedestrian protection test includes letting the vehicle collide with the test dummy at a speed of 40 km / h. Through a series of repeated tests, it is determined which parts of the front of the vehicle are in place and which will cause injuries to pedestrians, including 6 children Head impact test, 6 adult head impact test, 3 upper leg impact test, 3 lower leg impact test.

"What we have to do is to formulate pedestrian safety standards in line with China's national conditions on the basis of studying global unified standards, rather than copying foreign standards." The relevant person in charge of the Laboratory of China Automobile Research Center said.

The first domestic car collision pedestrian experiment?

On the morning of August 23, 2009, the first domestic car collision pedestrian test was conducted in the collision laboratory of Tianjin China Automotive Technology Research Center. An eighth-generation Accord sedan with multiple technologies that help reduce pedestrian injury crashed at a speed of 40 kilometers per hour into a dummy simulating a road crossing. This crash test is called "China's first crash" for pedestrian protection.

Approval of automobile pedestrian protection standards

Chinese automobile pedestrian protection standards passed the review of the Automobile Standards Committee in September 2008 and have been reported. They were approved at the end of 2010 and adopted in 2013.