Abstract
A study has been made of the proposed European test procedure, using the TRRL mobile deformable barrier (MDB) faces built to the European Experimental Vehicles Committee specifications and a First Prototype EUROSID dummy. A series of tests using a current small car were compared to assess. The study showed that the test procedure was effective, giving reasonable but not perfect repeatability. The importance of careful control of test parameters was demonstrated some of which have important implications for the test requirements. Both the TRRL MDB face and the EUROSID dummy performed well, clearly showing the desirability of having multiple instrumented ribs and using multiple criteria for assessing thoracic injury risk.