Article
Version 1
Preserved in Portico This version is not peer-reviewed
Contact Phase in Vehicle-Pedestrian Collision
and
*
Version 1
: Received: 12 July 2023 / Approved: 12 July 2023 / Online: 13 July 2023 (03:51:54 CEST)
A peer-reviewed article of this Preprint also exists.
Benea, B.; Soica, A. The Contact Phase in Vehicle–Pedestrian Accident Reconstruction. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 9404. Benea, B.; Soica, A. The Contact Phase in Vehicle–Pedestrian Accident Reconstruction. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 9404.
Abstract
The need for continuous research to refine the models used in accident reconstruction appears with the development of new car models that satisfy consumer complaints. The paper analyzed a sub-sequence of car and pedestrian accidents, from the perspective of the distance traveled by them in the contact phase, with the aim of improving the information regarding the reconstruction of road accidents. The research included the analysis of some accidents with pedestrian dummies, as well as the simulation of the impact between different classes of vehicles and pedestrians in two different walking positions. Specialized software was used with complex multibody models of pedestrians, modifying the speed and deceleration parameters at the time of the collision. The research results highlight the differences between bilinear models used in accident reconstruction and the proposed study. They can also be used to determine the distance traveled by the vehicle in the first phase of the collision with pedestrians.
Keywords
vehicle-pedestrian collision; accident reconstruction; contact phase; contact distance
Subject
Engineering, Automotive Engineering
Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Comments (0)
We encourage comments and feedback from a broad range of readers. See criteria for comments and our Diversity statement.
Leave a public commentSend a private comment to the author(s)
* All users must log in before leaving a comment
