This report includes the opening remarks by representatives of the participating countries; the technical presentations of the U.S.A. ESV program, the German ESV program (including braking developments and crash testing), the Japanese developments (Toyota airbag sensor analytical study of airbag restraint, pedestrian safety research, auto-pedestrian collision experiments), the French ESV program (vehicle dynamics, vehicle dynamics in safety research, the importance of vehicle aggressiveness in the case of a transversal impact), the Italian developments (approach to vehicle safety, the car safety program, the ISAM test program, a subsystem and component approach to vehicle safety) and the U.K. investigations related to the design of safer vehicles. Finally a report of the discussion of specifications for vehicle ride and handling, crash worthiness, and other accident avoidance factors.
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