Since the end of 1980 three research institutes: bundesanstalt fur strassenwesen (bast), organisme national de securite routiere (onser) and instituut voor wegtransportmiddelen (tno) have been cooperating in the field of standardized pedestrian tests. The aim of the study is to propose a standardized test methodology which could be applied to pedestrian safety tests carried out for research purposes or carried out for compliance testing of passenger cars. The project was supported by the eec biomechanics program in phase 3. Onser conducted 7 cadaver tests. The bast conducted 26 dummy tests with 50% hybrid ii and 6-year child pedestrian dummies in the same test configurations. Tno carried out a literature study and evaluated the requirements of a mathematical pedestrian model. The bast acted as project leader. After the eec sponsorship was stopped, the bast performed a series of impactor tests whose results were used as input data for a newly developed pedestrian model from tno. furthermore the bast performed a series of tests with two improved pedestrian dummies. The main results of these latter studies are presented in this synthesis report too. (a)
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