Project

Car Passenger Protection – To the Next Level

Period
1 November 2020-15 June 2024
Project manager
Lotta Jakobsson

CAR PASSENGER PROTECTION – To the Next Level  / Passenger Safety, part 2

Car passenger protection is complex due to the diverse population and increased car automation and shared mobility, e.g. with new seat positions, seating configurations and car usage. Passengers, not engaged in driving, have a large freedom to change postures. With the purpose to enhance protection of the diverse population in a variation of sitting postures, seat positions and seating configurations in case of a crash, the overall objective is to create new knowledge and develop assessment tools and evaluation methods for real-world seatbelt interactions for car passengers. Children from 4 years of age to old adults.

 

Short facts

Research area
Human body protection
Financier(s)
VINNOVA/ FFI
Partners
Volvo Cars
Autoliv
Chalmers University of Technology
Project type
SAFER connected project

Related publications

Influence of support leg for booster seats

Authors : Bohman K, El-Mobader S, Jakobsson L, Lundgren D.
Year : 2022
Published in : Protection of Children in Cars 2022, Munich

Protection of Children in Cars Conference, December 2022 A Safety Framework for the Evolution of Boosters: Current and Future Mobility

Authors : Arbogast K, Jermakian J, Bolte J, Jakobsson L, Bohman K, Tylko S, Koppel S.
Year : 2022
Published in : 20th Int. Conf. Protection of Children in Cars

Analysis of Child Belt Fit and Posture on a Selection of Belt-Positioning Boosters from the US and Swedish Markets

Authors : Baker G, Bohman K, Mansfield J, Jakobsson L, Bolte J.
Year : 2022
Published in : 20th Int. Conf. Protection of Children in Cars

Simulating the Influence of Lap-belt Load Limiting on Injury Risks for Upright and Reclined Occupants with the SAFER Human Body Model

Authors : Martin Östling, Linda Eriksson
Year : 2022
Published in : IRCOBI Proceedings 2022

Effects of restraint parameters using PIPER 6y in reclined seating during frontal impact

This study explores possible challenges for child occupants in reclined seating positions, applying current protection systems. Using PIPER 6 y in frontal impacts, the aim was to investigate the effect of restraint parameters in reclined seating positions

Authors : Bohman K, El-Mobader S, Jakobsson L.
Year : 2022
Published in : Traffic Injury Prevention

Influence of Individual Ribcage Shape Variability on Occupant Rib Fracture Risk

Human body models (HBMs) offer the potential to predict injury risk across broad populations. Adapting baseline HBM geometry to different body shapes, however, is often done using statistical shape models based on age, sex, height and weight, which

Authors : Karl-Johan Larsson, Johan Iraeus, Bengt Pipkorn, Sven Holcombe
Year : 2022
Published in : IRCOBI conference 2022

Load-limiting in the lap belt reduces injury risks associated with new seating positions

The two objectives are to demonstrate technical feasibility for an advanced 3-point seatbelt system incorporating double lap belt pre-tensioning and load-limiting and to evaluate its injury risk reduction relative to that of a 3-point seatbelt without

Authors : Östling M, Lubbe N.
Year : 2022
Published in : International Journal of Crashworthiness

Reducing Lumbar Spine Vertebra Fracture Risk With an Adaptive Seat Track Load Limiter

In future fully automated vehicles, sleeping or resting will be desirable during a drive. While a horizontal position currently appears infeasible, a relaxed seating position with a reclined seatback and an inclined seat pan which enables a safe

Authors : Östling M, Lundgren C, Lubbe N, Pipkorn B.
Year : 2022
Published in : Front. Future Transp.

Experimental Setup for Assessing Drivers’ Experiences of Reclined Sitting Posture in Automated Vehicles

Highly automated vehicles are opening new opportunities for alternative sitting postures, such as the reclined posture, when drivers disengage from conventional driving tasks. This paper presents an experimental setup to assess drivers’ experiences of the

Authors : Makris M, Osvalder A-L.
Year : 2022
Published in : AHFE international, Advances in Transportation

Automated quantification of occupant posture and shoulder belt fit using safety specific key points

Virtual evaluation of automotive safety with variation in occupant posture and shoulder belt fit is gaining importance, and there is a need of methods facilitating analysis of occupant postures in driving studies. This study is aimed to develop an AI-based

Authors : Hartleitner F, Koppisetty A, Bohman K.
Year : 2022
Published in : IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems

Applicability of Graph Neural Networks to predict Human variability in Human Body Model Rib Strain Predictions

Finite element human body models have in recent years become widely used in the area of vehicle safety evaluations. They make it possible to predict injury risk in specific areas, down to the organ level in the human body. An existing human body model

Authors : Solhed, Julia
Year : 2022
Published in : Uppsala University