Project Areas

Safety of Minibus, Side and Rear Facing Seats, Belts and Headrests

CIC was involved in an EC consortium (Contract ETD/96/84097) with the objective of further enhancing the safety of passengers, with specific reference to M1, M2 and M3 vehcles:

Seat strength in M2 vehicles

• Development of dynamic crash test pulse to represent frontal impacts
• Assessment of suitable future test procedure

• Examination of worst case occupant configurations
• Assessment of feasibility of an adequate static test procedure

Non forward-facing seats

• Investigation of safety aspects of side facing seats and possible use of seat belts
• Possible additional safety provisions for rear-facing seats

• Dynamic sled testing program used to show different levels of neck injuries sustained for various head restraint configurations

This project was completed in October 1997.