33rd APEC Transportation Working Group
Tokyo, Japan
October 10-14 2010
Title: Australia’s Proposal for
the Development of Pole Side
Impact GTR
Presenter’s Name: Allan Jonas
Economy: Australia
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Tokyo, Japan, October 10-14 2010
GRSP Informal Group to Develop a GTR on Pole
Side Impact
Factors Driving Development of a GTR
•
Safety Need
•
Different regulatory and non-regulatory pole side
impact tests in different countries/regions
•
Progress in developing WorldSID
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Safety Need
Australian experience
•
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Over 10% of all Australian road fatalities are from pole side impacts (i.e. side impacts
with narrow objects)
– Over 15% of all occupant fatalities in M1 vehicles are from pole side impacts
– Around 25% of all Australian road fatalities are from side impacts of every kind
– Over 30% of all occupant fatalities in M1 vehicles are from side impacts of every
kind
Data is currently being collected on other countries’ experience, but indicative data
indicates pole impacts and side impacts more generally are a major safety problem
internationally
– Fatalities from side impacts in the UK and the US are well over 20%
– APROSYS estimated there were 10,000 deaths a year in Europe from side
impacts
– Pole side impacts are likely to produce a smaller share of serious injuries than
fatalities, but these injuries are frequently serious head injuries
– In-depth accident studies have shown head injury to be the most common cause
of death in car-to-car side impact crashes in Japan (43% of cases).
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Different Pole Side Impact Tests
• EuroNCAP (and ANCAP)
– ES-2
– 29 km/h
• US has commenced phase in of an oblique
(75°) angle test in regulation (FMVSS 214)
– ES-2re and SID-IIs
– 26-32 km/h
• APROSYS has recommended a perpendicular
offset (100mm) test
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A Common Regulatory Standard
• A rigorous and common regulatory standard is highly
desirable
• It should significantly reduce pole side impact
fatalities/serious injuries, while requiring
countermeasures to protect the head and thorax that
will reduce other types of side impact
fatalities/serious injuries
– It may also reduce rollover fatalities (about 20% of
the Australian road toll)
• It will also provide a common standard for vehicle
manufacturers
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WorldSID
• Progress on WorldSID provides a unique opportunity
to develop a global pole impact standard
• WorldSID biofidelity rating of 7.6 (ISO TR9790)
– ES-2 – 4.7
– ES-2re – 4.2
• The Informal Group on WorldSID is finalising
development of WorldSID 50th percentile male and
5th percentile female for regulatory use
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Formation of GRSP Informal Group to
Develop a GTR on Pole Side Impact
• March 2010 – Australia submitted an informal
document proposing development of a GTR on Pole
Side Impact to the UNECE World Forum for
Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP29) (WP.29150-11)
• May 2010 – the Australian proposal and additional
paper (GRSP-47-28) were considered at the Working
Party on Passive Safety (GRSP). GRSP
recommended establishment of an Informal Group.
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Formation of GRSP Informal Group to
Develop a GTR on Pole Side Impact
• June 2010 – WP29 considered Australia’s formal proposal for a
GTR (WP.29/2010/81) and agreed to develop the GTR and to
establish an Informal Group.
• WP29 also agreed that the initial tasks of the Informal Group
should be to
– (i) confirm the safety need for a GTR in light of the increasing
prevalence of the electronic stability control in the vehicle
fleet and
– (ii) simultaneously assess potential candidate crash test
standards to be addressed by the proposed GTR
• WP29 was clear that establishment of safety need and
development of GTR should occur simultaneously
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The Informal Group
• Chaired by Australia (Robert Hogan)
• First meeting – Bonn, 16-18 November 2010
• Extensive Government and industry membership
– Government members include the USA, Canada,
the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany,
Italy, France, the European Commission, Australia,
New Zealand, Japan, the Republic of Korea and
China
• Further members from APEC would be most
welcome
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Crash tests
• An immediate task for the Informal Group is to assess
potential candidate crash test standards, including
variations to these standards
• Australia has recently conducted sets of 3 crash tests
on two different vehicle models using two WorldSID
50th percentile males borrowed from Transport
Canada
– The tests were perpendicular, offset perpendicular and
oblique at 32 km/h, with WorldSIDs seated in both the driver
and front passenger seats
• Australia gave a report on these tests in the recent
WorldSID meeting, but will provide a more detailed
presentation in Bonn in November
– Other informal group members are expected to report on
relevant tests
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Crash tests
• An immediate task for the Informal Group is to assess
potential candidate crash test standards, including
variations to these standards
• Australia has recently conducted sets of 3 crash tests
on two different vehicle models using two WorldSID
50th percentile males borrowed from Transport
Canada
– The tests were perpendicular, offset perpendicular and
oblique at 32 km/h, with WorldSIDs seated in both the driver
and front passenger seats
• Australia gave a report on these tests in the recent
WorldSID meeting, but will provide a more detailed
presentation in Bonn in November
– Other informal group members are expected to report on
relevant tests
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Further Information
Website with more information, including draft terms of
reference:
http://www.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29wgs/wp29gr
sp/psimpact_1.html
Robert Hogan can be contacted on
robert.hogan@infrastructure.gov.au
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