IMPROVA
Full title: Injury Mitigation to PROmote Vision-zero Achievement
Until now, the approach to road safety has primarily focused on analyzing the most common types of injuries based on road user types and crash characteristics. However, recognizing the need for a more comprehensive and proactive strategy, there is a growing consensus to shift the paradigm towards a user-centric approach that considers the specific needs (incl. their diversity) and behaviors of road users.
IMPROVA project will focus on current knowledge regarding the conditions and mechanisms leading to serious injuries of all road user types, and both physical and psychological long-term consequences as well as future scenarios regarding the overall crash occurrence considering changes due to vehicle automatization. IMPROVA will introduce a formula that will predict a likelihood of sustaining LTC. This will allow stakeholders to estimate physical and psychological long-term consequences due to road traffic accidents in a compact manner directly after the crash. HBMs will be specifically upgraded in their capabilities to depict LTC-relevant injury mechanisms. This will be achieved through validation of mode responses against experimental tests and through the development and tailoring of risk curves, using the latest available biomechanical data. Virtual Testing procedures will be developed and demonstrated for future application environments, specifically through the involvement of industrial partners and NCAP labs.
The consortium is led by Applus IDIADA and consists of 13 partners including Audi, Autoliv, Bast, Ceesar, Comillas, Factual, ITS, LAB, LMU, NTUA, TRL and VW.
Key words: Harmonized in-depth data collection, long-term consequences (LTC), LTC scale, HBM upgrade, Virtual Testing, Benefit Analysis, Handbook for policy makers, Target for reduction of LTC
