Trans Motauto World
Vol. 7 (2022), Issue 2, pg(s) 71-76

TRANSPORT. SAFETY AND ECOLOGY. LOGISTICS AND MANAGEMENT

Comparative Analysis of Methods for Defining the Speed of the Vehicle in Vehicle- Pedestrian Collisions

  • 1 Centre for Vehicles of Croatia
  • 2 Faculty of Traffic and Transport Science – University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • 3 Mobile Expert – company for vehicle evaluation
  • 4 Faculty of Traffic and Transport Sciences – University of Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Pedestrians are the most vulnerable road users and traffic accidents involving pedestrians are the most complex type of traffic accident to analyse. The paper describes the kinematics of traffic accidents involving pedestrians and presents statistical data on pedestrian traffic accidents. The main element which needs to be calculated regarding a pedestrian collision is the impact speed of the vehicle involved in the collision. This paper aims to present various models of vehicle impact speed calculation. As a part of this paper, several crash tests were conducted using a pedestrian dummy to determine the reliability of the models. Additionally, the PC-Crash simulation software was also used to calculate the impact speed of the vehicle.

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