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Single case accident analysis at

Volkswagen-Group-Research
Group Accident Research IRTAD Database Main data sources of
Wolfsburg Aggregated Data of OECD - members VW brand group accident research

em bers
EU-m Skoda Safety Research
Mlada Boleslaw

Volkswagen Accident Research

in China (Changchun)
US Databases
FARS, NASS etc.
GIDAS Database
Hannover/Dresden Volkswagen Accident Research
in India (the area of Pune); first steps end of 2008

Volkswagen Accident Research

AUDI Accident Research in China (Shanghai,Jiading- District)
Ingolstadt

Audi/VW analyses accidents and traffic situations worldwide

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Besides Greece, all old EU member states show a positive trend in

reducing traffic fatalities.
180% Austria

Belgium
160%
Denmark
140% Finland

France
120%
Germany
100%
Greece

80% Ireland

Italy
60%
Luxemburg
40% Netherlands

Portugal
20%
Spain
0%
Sweden
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

96

98

00

02

04

06
19

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United Kingdom

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Data, available for some new EU member states, show a much more
diverse picture
160%

Czech Republic
140%

Hungary
120%

100% Poland

80% Slovenia

60%

40%

20%

0%
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

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98

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02

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06
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The Accident Data of Pedestrians

300% Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
250%
Czech Republic
Pedestrian Fatalities (1980=100%

Denmark
Finland
200% France
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
150%
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
100% Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Northern Ireland
50% Norway
Spain
Sweden
0% Switzerland
1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 United Kingdom
Year United States of America

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Cause of death, world wide:

1990 2020
1 Pulmonary Infections Cardiac Diseases

2 Diarrhea Depression

3 Pregnancy / Pregnancy Related Traffic Accidents

Illnesses
4 Depression Apoplexy

5 Cardiac Diseases Pulmonary Diseases

6 Apoplexy Pulmonary Infections
7 Tuberculosis Tuberculosis
8 Measles Wars
9 Traffic Accidents Diarrhea
10 Congenital Deformities HIV /AIDS
Quelle: Murray CJL, Lopez AD, eds. WORLD REPORT ON ROAD TRAFFIC INJURY PREVENTION

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challenge:
trend turn around

challenge:
trend continuation

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driver vehicle
3%
11%
medicine person dynamics
accident

psychology
equipment

potential for
integrated safety
86%
condition,
routing road material

weather
wrong driver behaviour

source of fault unknown environment ,

infrastructure
technical defect

driver behaviour is the most benefital focus for future safety development
-> i. e. improved driver assistance and integrated safety approach; consider HMI aspects carefully

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Estimated efficiency Ranking

of Safety Measures

Existing Systems Future Systems

Lane
Seat Departure
belts Safety Alert
cells Airbag
(Head Automatic
ESP
and Emergency
Driver) ABS, Airbag Brake Lane Night
Brake (Co- Change Vision /
Assist Driver, Drowsiness Assist Active
Knee, Monitoring Front pre Crash
Side) Steering belts

Efficiency of passive systems based on the use of seat belts!

Future benefits need an integrated safety approach.
Source: Dr. R. Zobel, VW brand group accident research

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efficiency

integrated
today safety

integrated safety
passive approach
safety (for the future)

active
safety
time

integrated safety / Audi PreProtec

driver accident prevention save & rescue
condition passive safety

normal critical instable crash

crash
driving condition driving condition driving condition unavoidable after crash

Improved lane departure PreCrash

examples: ESP PreBrake adaptive airbag e-call
head lights warning

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Future challenges for Integrated Safety

- an example
Today's radar based ACC-Systems have to be updated in effective area,
sensing and object recognition
Possible use:
Accident types (only accidents with opponent = vehicle)
adaptive front structure,
structural front airbag
crossing
oncoming
Extending effective area through 51%
29%
detection of oncoming vehicles

Possible use:
intersection assistance,
Effective area based on
adaptive side structure
standard ACC object tracking
preceding Stand still
and 3%
stopped
17% source: German in depth accident data (GIDAS)

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Europa 50 km/h

29 km/h
64 km/h Japan
USA

50 50 29 56 64 50 km/h
SID2s Passiv 0°: 5%, 50%
Passiv 30°: 50% li und re
ES-2
62

±300
passive 50 55
62 km/h

54 40
safety
Dummy 01: ES2 und Sid2s
procedures 55 km/h

2 x 50 % HIII
56 km/h

50 55
32 56 56 50 km/h
5656km/h
km/h

US-NCAP China 56 64 km/h

2 x SID IIs 64 km/h

50 km/h
50 50 50
50 56 64
2x5%
Australien 50 km/h
5656km/h
km/h

56
40 64 64 km/h Law
50 IIHS
64 km/h
NCAP
50 48 56 km/h
FMVSS 208 Out of Pos. 50 (Consumer test)

different worldwide regulations and consumer tests are considered during a car development project
- far away from harmonisation

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pedestrian protection
example for a standardized test approach

active safety is lacking of standards

repeatable test scenarios must be developed to evaluate systems

the potential of systems must be evaluated in a new efficiency approach

-> accident research has to look into the future (and not in the past)

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Conclusion I
> high income contries:

Vision Zero: accident prevention by use of

on board vehicle to vehicle to

systems vehicle-communication infrastructure-communication

> developing contries:

investment in infrastructure and re-newing car fleet;
adaption of integrated safety approaches

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Conclusion II

> integrated safety systems

> first systems are at the market

> offer high potential to enlarge benefit and efficiency of today's protection systems

> future actuators for integrated safety systems should be an essential

emphasis of the development

> test procedures as well as simulation surroundings of integrated safety

systems are necessary for the future

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