SafetyUpDate

Welcome and Introduction

UNECE Requirements

Legal Requirements Passive Safety

• Vulnerable Road User Safety
• Automated Vehicles
• IWVTA

The New UN ECE Regulation for Automated Driving

Legal Requirements on ACPE

DynamX - a Dynamic Approach to ADAS Testing During a PTI

• Challenges on the path to PTI 2030
• Requirements for ADAS testing during a PTI
• Current implementations of a future ADAS inspection for PTI

Emerging International Requirements

Thoughts for Future Development and Key Projects of C-IASI

• Index upgrade based on three initial intentions:
  • accident data
  • safety technology trends
  • consumer demand
• Advanced Chinese Movable Progressive Deformable Barrier (AC-MPDB)
• Advanced Chinese Human Body Models (AC-HUMS)
• Zero-gravity seat test and assessment
• Integrated active and passive safety evaluation of pedestrians
• New chest impactor

Recent Updates to IIHS Crashworthiness and Crash Avoidance Programs

• Recent updates to our FCP (AEB) consumer information program
• Update on OEM performance
• Research on pedestrian conspicuity
• Integration of virtual testing into the new rear impact program
• Preview on plans on evaluating commercial motor vehicles which is one of the pillars of the new 30 x 30 strategic plan

Accident Research

25 Years GIDAS – What Did We Learn? What Do We Still Not Know?

Analysis of Life-threatening (MAIS3+) Injuries in Germany and Europe and Findings for Vehicle Safety

• Metrics on injury severity and definition of life-threatening injuries
• Statistics on the relevance of MAIS3+ injured persons in Europe
• GIDAS analyses on life-threatening injuries
• Challenges of the current data situation
• Activities to enrich the German road accident statistics

Event Data Recorder - Triggers for Recording, Data Elements and Formats

• Current and upcoming requirements related to light vehicles (UN-R 160, Regulation (EU) 2022/545) and heavy duty vehicles (UN-R 169, Regulation (EU) 2024/2220)
• Data protection
• Benefits of EDR data for crash reconstructions

Electric Vehicle Safety

New European Legal Requirements

• UN R.100 and thermal propagation requirements
• Developments in other parts of the world
• UN Global Technical Regulation on Electric Vehicle Safety

Safety Risks Due to Vehicle-specific Advanced Developments

• Many comfort functions in modern vehicles, such as electric door handles, rely on the vehicle's electrical system.
• Examples of fire brigade operations show the necessity for intuitively operable door handles in the event of a failure (e.g. due to an accident) of the 12V on-board power supply.
• To prevent everyday functions from becoming a trap, there are a few basic design criteria

Electric Vehicle Safety (continued)

Fire Safety Technology for Electric Vehicles

• Current situation of electric vehicle fire safety technology
• Electric Vehicle Fire Mechanisms
• Fire Safety Assessment Technology for Electric Vehicles
• About us

Euro NCAP 2026 Updates

Updates on Euro NCAP: Structure, Ratings System and New Topics

Euro NCAP Safe Driving and Crash Avoidance

• Safe Driving
  • Overview of Occupant Monitoring
  • Driver Engagement
  • Vehicle Assistance assessments
• Crash Avoidance
  • Overview Frontal Collisions
  • Lane Departure Collisions
  • Low Speed Collisions assessments

Euro NCAP Crash Protection and Post Crash

• Frontal Impact, FW and MPDB Testing
• Side and Pole Side impact
• Far Side and Whiplash
• Dummies
• Child Occupant Safety
• Pedestrian Protection

Upcoming Requirements in Other NCAPs

Upcoming Requirements in Bharat NCAP

• Indian Road Accidents Characteristics
• Evolution of regulations and ratings in India
• Overview of Bharat NCAP ratings
• Outlook of NextGen requirement

Equitable Safety

Legal Activities on Equitable Occupant Protection

• What is it all about - equality, equity ?
• Do women have a higher risk of being more seriously injured in an accident in a car as a driver (or passenger)?
• Equality vs. Equity
• United Nations
  • The Global Goals for Sustainable Development
  • World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29) – GRSP
  • Ad hoc Group „Data on Equitable Occupant Protection (DEOP)“
  • Informal Working Group „Equitable Occupant protection“ IWG EqOP and its taskforces

HMI, Driver Status Monitoring & Occupant Monitoring

Driving Safely while Reading: Optimizing Text Interfaces to Reduce Driver Distraction

• Layout and cognitive tasks with text interfaces and their complexity in the vehicle
• Findings from previous simulator studies on the evaluation of driver distraction through text interaction

When and How to Warn: Why More is Not Always Better.

• Warning in the context of hazard control
• Lessons learned from other domains
• What it takes for a warning to be effective

Occupant Monitoring Systems for Multiple Incabin Applications

• Generated User Interfaces for Automotive AI Assistants
• Building a motion sickness assistant with activity recognition
• Support Safe Sleeping in Level 4: What does it take?
• Research project results from KARLI: AI for adaptive, responsive and level-compliant driver behavior. www.karli-projekt.de