Samenvatting
Existing side impact dummies were evaluated and this work concluded that none of the dummies was acceptable. The European Experimental Vehicle Committee set up a working group to build a new side impact dummy to be used in a standard side impact test. The specifications for the pelvis, anthropometric analysis to choose sizes and mass distributions, a description of the shape of the pelvic bone and the locations and the type of transducer (force and acceleration) are outlined.