Samenvatting
In pedestrian accidents, the many differences that occur in the impact location and size of pedestrians and design of vehicles produce wide variations in the severity and location of the resulting injuries. To obtain a better understanding of the mechanisms influencing the variability of these injuries, a collaborative project is conducted using highly developed computer simulation techniques matched to experimental test results, to study the relationship of vehicle shape and stiffness with the resulting forces and acceleration acting on pedestrian dummies.