A Study of the Rear Seat Occupant Safety using a 10-Year-Old Child Dummy in the New Car Assessment Program

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 371-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seong-Woo Hong ◽  
Chung-Kyu Park ◽  
Richard M. Morgan ◽  
Cing-Dao Kan ◽  
Shinhee Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rear Seat ◽  
Occupant Safety ◽  
Assessment Program

Rear Seat Occupant Safety: An Investigation of a Progressive Force-Limiting, Pretensioning 3-Point Belt System Using Adult PMHS in Frontal Sled Tests

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Forman ◽  
Francisco Lopez-Valdes ◽  
David Lessley ◽  
Matthew Kindig ◽  
Richard Kent ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rear Seat ◽  
Occupant Safety ◽  
Progressive Force ◽  
Belt System

Analysis and Optimization of Rear Occupant Safety in Car Head-On Collision

2013 ◽  
Vol 328 ◽  
pp. 292-296
Author(s):  
Liang Hong ◽  
Ru Hai Ge ◽  
Yun Teng Wu
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Model ◽  
Rear Seat ◽  
Restraint System ◽  
Occupant Safety ◽  
Occupant Restraint System ◽  
Car Model ◽  
Safety Belt ◽  
Passenger Safety ◽  
Seat Cushion ◽  
A Current

The MADYMO simulation model of the rear occupant restraint system based a current car model was constructed, researching the influence of the rear seat cushion stiffness and cushion angle with the floor, the 3-point seatbelt webbing stiffness and retractor locking feature on rear-seat passenger safety in the head-on collision. Thereafter, the entire rear occupant restraint system was optimised. The result shows when the rear seat cushion stiffness is 30N/mm, the cushion angle is 25°, the safety belt stiffness is 11% and the webbing output after the retractor locks is 30mm, rear occupant would obtain the optimum protection.

NCAP Star Rating and Safety of Rear Seat Occupant

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elham Sahraei Esfahani ◽  
Damoon Soudbakhsh ◽  
Kennerly Digges
Keyword(s):  
Rear Seat ◽  
Star Rating ◽  
Occupant Protection ◽  
Front Passenger ◽  
Assessment Program ◽  
Hybrid Iii ◽  
Male Hybrid ◽  
Crash Tests ◽  
General Safety

New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) gives star ratings to the vehicles based on their crashworthiness. The program uses results of crash tests performed with 50% male HYBRID III dummies in the driver and right front passenger seats and gives separate star ratings for the driver and right front passenger positions. These star ratings are available from the safer car website [1], and are perceived as an indicator of general safety of the vehicles for people trying to purchase a vehicle. A one-star rating would show the lowest, and five-star would be the highest safety ranking. As the NCAP star ratings of the vehicles have improved over years, front occupant protection has improved as well; however, recent studies have shown that rear occupants are less protected in newer model years of vehicles [2]. Safety of rear occupants is not evaluated with the NCAP program. In this paper an attempt is made to verify whether the NCAP scores can show the level of protection provided to the rear occupants or not.

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