Publication

The development of the SAFER human body model (HBM) started in 2008 and is still ongoing. SAFER HBM is an omni-directional model that can be tuned and scaled (morphed) to correspond to humans of different age, sex, weight, and stature. The model can be positioned to the posture of occupants, pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists etc to enable analysis of road users inside as well as outside the vehicle. SAFER HBM is capable of predicting human kinematics in evasive maneuvers (low-g) as well as in crashes (high-g). The capabilities also include injury risk predictions in crashes.

The model has been thoroughly validated and used in numerous studies. Some examples: The effect of reversible pre-tensioning of the diagonal belt on occupant kinematics and injury risk for pre-crash evasive maneuvers followed by a crash, the influence of different postures and anthropometries on occupant kinematics, and the injury reducing benefits of a helmet in bicyclist to car impacts have been evaluated. Based on results from these studies, the SAFER HBM is considered to be an efficient and biofidelic tool for development and validation of protection systems for road users inside and outside the vehicle