Samenvatting
Although many occupant protective measures, particularly for frontal impacts, have been and will continue to be developed over the years, a new investigation has indicated some surprising relationships. There has, for example, through test conditions of a fixed speed impact, been a trend in recent years for a "maximized" force-deflection curve of the vehicle front-end. It can now be shown that, contrary to the previous school of thought, this trend brings about a decrease in safety for real-world accidents.