This was a five year EC Project involving eight partners and three associated partners representing six countries (France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden and the UK). A total of 405 real-world accident cases were included in the CREST Accident Database. Of these, approximately 50 reconstructions were conducted in order to reproduce the injury mechanisms with instrumented dummies on which physical parameters were measured. The objectives of the project were to develop new test procedures to determine the effectiveness of child restraint systems for cars using improved instrumented dummies. The ultimate aim of the project was to ultimately improve the effectiveness of child restraint systems.
Work packages
WP1 consisted of a detailed analysis of traffic accidents involving children using protection systems.
WP2 consisted of experimental reconstruction of several selected accidents to acquire the biomechanical data necessary for limits to be set for the parameters measured on dummies.
WP3 consisted of the acquisition of appropriate test tools to conduct the experimental work (WP2), by improving dummies and measurement techniques
WP4 intended to propose test procedure improvements and to validate their feasibility.
