Research on the study of frontal collision between a vehicle and a fixed rigid barrier

Abstract

The paper presents a part of the research conducted in order to establish a methodology for studying the frontal collision for a particular case. Thus, an experimental test methodology was developed considering a frontal collision between a vehicle and a fixed, rigid barrier. Two anthropometric testing devices (ATDs) were placed in the vehicle (one in the driver seat and the other one in the back seat), in order to evaluate the kinematic and dynamic parameters that characterize the occupants’ behaviour in such collision. Based on the vehicle's final position after the collision, a computational simulation was performed using the PC-Crash software program. The obtained results were then compared with the data provided by the video recording of the experimental testing, in order to validate the computational simulation as a method for reconstructing road vehicle accidents