Effectiveness and Cost of Car Front End Design for Pedestrian Injury Preventionand the Problem of Conflicting Requirements. A Literature Review

摘要

SWOV carried out a literature review on the subject of car front end design forpedestrian injury prevention. The review is aimed at effectiveness and cost of such design and at the problem of conflicting requirements. Such requirements are existing safety standards and common design rules on the one hand and pedestrian injury prevention solutions on the other hand. The literature findings on these subjects are discussed, conclusions are drawn and recommendations given.