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Truck Collisions With Personal Motor Vehicles and Starting Points for the Improvement of Personal Protection
Technical Paper
785033
Sector:
Language:
German
Abstract
The evaluation and selection of auto-safety measures demand as
accurate as an understanding of truck-automobile collisions as
possible. The purpose of the paper is to provide a basis for such
determinations through treatment of actual collision situations in
terms of frequency and consequences; subsequently, safety
innovations are suggested.
Truck-automobile accidents are related to various factors
including respective geometrical positions of the vehicles, driving
speeds and truck weight. Results indicate that a significant safety
improvement can be achieved through incorporation of wide, low
bumpers, ideally around the whole truck; such a provision would
expand the area of impact and permit more energy to be absorbed
through deformation of exterior truck parts. Better designed
protection of lower areas, both to the sides and directly below,
can improve stability during collision and protection for persons
and vehicles run over by the truck.