Improvements of the passive safety in vehicles for the pedestrian protection

Abstract

The high number of pedestrian

accidents produced in the

Spanish urban and rural zones,

jointed together with their

severity, increases the relevance

of the injury mechanisms

analysis for developing less

aggressive frontal shapes of

vehicles, and passive safety

devices that could help to reduce

the pedestrian injuries. This

document shows figures of

pedestrian accidents at the

present time, and the most

frequent injury mechanisms, as

well as the testing methods used

by vehicle manufacturers and the

devices they are introducing in

their automobiles.