Objective: The objective of this study was 2-fold: first, to compare Euro NCAP safety ratings of cars with those published by the Folksam real-world injury ratings; and second, to compare injury risk measures between Euro NCAP 2 and 5 Star cars with real-world injury and disability outcomes...
In 2014, ASTM introduced low-speed crash ratings for vehicle impact protective devices like bollards, fences, and barriers. Read how low-speed testing differs from high-impact crash testing, and why the standards are needed at all.
It was also shown that Euro NCAP crash test ratings mirror real world injury outcomes for all injury severities studied. Comparing 5-star with 2-star rated cars, the proportion of AIS 3+ injuries was 34% lower. Furthermore, the risk for serious and fatal injury was 22% (+/-4%) lower...
IIHS Side Crash Test Ratings and Occupant Death Risk in Real-World Crashes Objective: To evaluate how well the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) side crash test ratings predict real-world occupant death risk in side-im... ER Teoh,AK Lund - 《Traffic Injury Prevention》...
In addition, physical impact tests showed that, based on SD evaluation, the large vehicle with a relatively inferior compatibility rating compared to those with superior compatibility ratings showed a contradicting trend of better compatibility performance in the C2C test. Conclusions: The currently ...
Alongside crash metric analysis, the algorithm also monitors other metrics like reviews, ratings, retention rates, lifetime value and even revenue. This means that the stores are constantly evaluating the quality of your product and service. If your product is proven to delight users through high ...
The key part is in blue above. The researchers were simply interested in the validity of the test itself–whether the measures the ratings were based on were related to real-world death risks. They were, but in particular,they also found direct correlations between tested side impact intrusion...
BioRID response ratings for the driver position matched the sled test ratings for the Cobalt and Focus but were one rating level lower for the Civic and Ion. BioRID response ratings for the passenger position were the same as those for the driver position for all vehicles except the Cobalt, ...
Comparison of experimental and simulated driver injuries. Full size image Occupant injury assessment Due to the complexity of the human body’s structure, the characteristics of impact-related injuries differ between body parts; hence, injury assessment criteria differ between body parts. The Federal Mo...
To mitigate any effect of seasonality on the information release in different quarters across a year, we adopt the median-comparison test (z-test) and the mean-comparison test (t-test) to examine whether there are statistically significant differences between the medians and the means of the su...