IN THIS REPORT VOLVO TRAFFIC ACCIDENT RESEARCH SYSTEM IS DESCRIBED. VOLVO HAS A COMBINATION OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND STATISTICAL INVESTIGATION WHICH GIVES A REPRESENTATIVE PICTURE OF THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT SITUATION AND ALSO GIVES A DEEP INSIGHT INTO PARAMETERS THAT INFLUENCE THE OCCUPANT INJURY-PRODUCTION. THIS ACCIDENT MATERIAL, WHICH COVERS ABOUT 12000 OF THE MOST SEVERE VOLVO ACCIDENTS, IN SWEDEN, HAS BEEN THE BASIS FOR AN ANALYSIS OF THE SIDE IMPACT PROBLEM AREA. THE TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENT AS EXPERIENCED BY THE VOLVO CAR, IN TERMS OF ACCIDENT TYPE DISTRIBUTION, OBSTACLES, ETC, IS COMPARED WITH CORRESPONDING DATA IN OTHER ACCIDENT MATERIALS. CONCLUSIONS FROM THIS COMPARISON AND ANALYSIS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF INJURIES, ARE USED TO DETERMINE IMPORTANT SIDE IMPACT PARAMETERS. THESE PARAMETERS INDICATE THE TEST METHODS THAT SHOULD BE USED TO GIVE A GOOD SIMULATION OF THE REAL TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENT. THE NEED OF SUBSYSTEM TESTING AS A COMPLEMENT TO FULL-SCALE TESTING IS DISCUSSED WITH THE COMPLEX TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENT AS BACKGROUND.(A) FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF THE CONFERENCE SEE IRRD 802816.
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