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Euro NCAP mobilizes new Partners to promote safer and cleaner Mobility in Europe

Four organisations from across Europe - including Germany s largest vehicle inspection company DEKRA, the German Insurance Association, GDV, and the Automobile clubs of Austria, ÖAMTC, and Switzerland, TCS - have officially joined the European New Car Assessment Programme as affiliate members.

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Incentivizing Implementation of Collision Avoidance Technology through U.S. NCAP

article imageNTSB Board Member Michael Graham publishes the article "Incentivizing Implementation of Collision Avoidance Technology through NCAP" at the NTSB Safety Compass.


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FMVSS Considerations for Vehicles with Automated Driving Systems: Volume 1

article imageThis report evaluates the regulatory text and Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance test procedures with the goal of identifying possible options to address unnecessary/unintended regulatory barriers for the compliance verification of ADS-dedicated vehicles that lack manually operated driving controls. It describes activities focused on twelve Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.

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THI Research Project funded by the Bavarian Research Foundation with 658,000 EUR

article imageThe SAVE-ROAD research project of Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt to increase road safety is being funded by the Bavarian Research Foundation with around 658,000 euros. This makes the project one of four Bavaria-wide projects selected by the Board of Trustees of the Bavarian Research Foundation in the first funding round in 2020.

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Staying on Track despite Malfunctions: How Driverless Shuttles get safely from A to B

article imageFerrying visitors from tram stop to exhibition center, supplementing public transport routes, moving containers full of packages in a logistics center: all these are possible use cases for driverless shuttles. The main thing is for them to be able to get safely from A to B safely in both senses: reliably and without danger. This is what Project 3F, "Driverless and fault-tolerant vehicles in the low-speed range," set out to achieve, with a focus on fail-safe operation."

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ViVA II has now been completed successfully

article imageA sustainable transport system without life and health loss is part of the Swedish transport political goals. The largest cause of impairment due to traffic accidents is the so called whiplash injury. Through VIVA II, Virtual Vehicle Safety Assessment Step 2: Open Source Human Body Models and Crash Testing contributing steps are in this direction.

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Automated Cars on Motorways: Active and Passive Safety Aspects

article imageAutomated driving is expected to make traffic flow more efficiently and reduce the number of road accident victims as well as emissions and traffic jams. The German Insurers Accident Research has carried out a comprehensive study on motorway accidents involving cars. The aim of the study was to determine the overall safety effect of automated driving function.

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Can Child Rear Seat Alerts help prevent Hot-car Deaths?

article imageResearchers at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) are studying rear seat alerts, both manufacturer and aftermarket options, in an effort to help save lives. Every year, 38 children on average die in the United States inside a hot car, according to the National Safety Council. In 2018, pediatric vehicular heatstroke became the leading cause of nontraffic child fatalities nationwide.

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Driver Assistance Systems are improving

article imageCollision avoidance systems are eliminating more crashes as the technology improves, according to a new study of insurance claims data from various BMW models. However, the impact of partially automated driving remains murky. In its latest study, the Highway Loss Data Institute compared insurance claims data from BMW vehicles for model years 2013-17.

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ANCAP welcomes new Chair

article imageANCAP announces the appointment of Mr Andy Cornish as its new Chair. Mr Cornish, who has been an Independent Director since 2017, takes up the role of Chair after Ms Wendy Machin recently signalled her intention to retire from the Board. 

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Mcity develops Safety Testing Methodology, Scoring Approach for Highly Automated Vehicles

article imageMcity at the University of Michigan has developed a testing methodology for highly automated vehicles, or HAVs, within a closed test facility to ensure their safety before public road testing and deployment. Such tests could be used to create an independent assessment of the safety performance of HAVs, which is a crucial element for improving the public s trust in automated vehicle technology.

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Making left Turns safer for Pedestrians

article imageBollards and rubber curbs that prevent drivers from cutting across intersections at a diagonal can make streets safer for pedestrians, according to a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Such "centerline hardening" forces drivers to turn more slowly at close to a right angle by blocking the diagonal path through the crosswalk.

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International Safety and Crash-Test Regulations: Current Status and Future Developments
03.06.2020 - 04.06.2020 in Alzenau
John F. Creamer - GlobalAutoRegs EUR 1340
Early Increase of Design Maturity of Restraint System Components in the Reduced Prototype Vehicle Development Process
08.06.2020 in Alzenau
Sandro Hübner - EDAG Engineering GmbH EUR 790
Development of Frontal Restraint Systems meeting Legal and Consumer Protection Requirements
15.06.2020 - 16.06.2020 in Alzenau
Kai Golowko - Bertrandt Ingenieurbüro GmbH EUR 1340
NCAP - New Car Assessment Programs: Tests, Assessment Methods, Ratings
17.06.2020 - 18.06.2020 in Alzenau
Direktor & Professor Andre Seeck - BASt - Federal Highway Research Institute EUR 1340
Head Impact on Vehicle Interiors: FMVSS 201 and UN R21
19.06.2020 in Alzenau
Torsten Gärtner - Opel Automobile GmbH EUR 790
15th PraxisConference Pedestrian Protection 2020
24.06.2020 - 25.06.2020 in Bergisch Gladbach
Industry Experts EUR 1490
Introduction to Data Acquisition in Safety Testing
29.06.2020 - 30.06.2020 in Alzenau
Thomas Wild - Continental Safety Engineering International GmbH EUR 1340
Euro NCAP - Compact
01.07.2020 in Alzenau
Ralf Reuter - carhs.training gmbh EUR 790
Crash Safety of Hybrid- and Electric Vehicles
02.07.2020 - 03.07.2020 in Alzenau
Rainer Justen - Daimler AG EUR 1340
Side Impact - Requirements and Development Strategies
08.07.2020 - 09.07.2020 in Alzenau
Bart Paul Peeters Weem - BMW AG EUR 1340

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