Compatibility study

The European Experimental Vehicles Committee has set up a Working Group to assess and develop methods for pedestrian protection for passenger cars. The methods are sub-systems tests to the bumper, the bonnet leading edge and the bonnet top. Test conditions appropriate for vehicle to pedestrian impacts up to 40 km/h are considered, with adjustments made to allow for the influence of the vehicles' frontal shape. This report summarizes the contribution of TNO to the compatibility study of EEVC Working Group 10. Measurements on 11 popular passenger cars are performed to evaluate a proposed vehicle dimensions measurement method. Vehicles with extraordinary dimensions have been identified. The potential deformation space of the bonnet in a sub-systems test has been measured for these 11 vehicles.