Car meeting pedestrian rarely leads to a good outcome. In fact, incidents involving pedestrians hit by an oncoming vehicle account for 15% of fatalities each year, according to International Organization for Standardization. That’s a stat ISO hopes to change with ISO 11096:2011, Road Vehicles: Pedestrian Protection–Impact Test Method for Pedestrian Thigh, Leg and Knee. The standard presents a test method to assess the protection of an adult pedestrian by simulating the leg-impact conditions sustained during the car-to-pedestrian crash. The test can assess the most hazardous areas of the bumper, bonnet leading edge and bonnet of each model. ISO expects the data gathered via the test method to inform work being done by International Harmonized Research Activities Pedestrian Safety Working Group and the World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations Pedestrian Safety global technical regulation. Learn more here.
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