IMPROVER Final Report: Subproject 1 TREN-04-ST-S07.37022
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IMPROVER Final Report: Subproject 1 TREN-04-ST-S07.37022 IMPROVER Impact Assessment of Road Safety Measures for Vehicles and Road Equipment Final Report APPENDICES Subproject 1 Impact on road safety due to the increasing of sports utility and multipurpose vehicles TNO, The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, Netherlands BASt Federal Highway Research Institute, Germany TRL Transport Research Laboratory Limited, United Kingdom VTI National Road and Transport Research Institute, Sweden Chalmers University of Technology Göteborg, Sweden UTAC, L'Union Technique de l'Automobile, du Motocycle et du Cycle, France April 2006 1 IMPROVER Final Report: Subproject 1 TREN-04-ST-S07.37022 With the following partners: • TNO, The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, Netherlands (Author: C. van der Zweep) • BASt Federal Highway Research Institute, Germany (Authors: C. Pastor, B. Bugsel and J. Gail) • Chalmers University of Technology Göteborg, Sweden (Author: R. Thomson) • TRL Transport Research Laboratory Limited, United Kingdom (Authors: T. Brightman and T. Horberry) • UTAC, L'Union Technique de l'Automobile, du Motocycle et du Cycle, France (Author: T. Martin) • VTI National Road and Transport Research Institute, Sweden (Author: T. Turbell) 2 IMPROVER Final Report: Subproject 1 TREN-04-ST-S07.37022 Contents of appendices Contents of appendices............................................................................................3 WP 1.1 Report ...............................................................................................5 1 Data collection on SUV and MPV .....................................................................6 1.1 Defining Sport Utility (SUVs) and Multi-Purpose Vehicles (MPVs) ............6 1.2 Sales figures............................................................................................13 1.3 Issues reported world wide regarding SUVs and MPVs safety................16 1.4 Conclusions.............................................................................................26 2 National statistics............................................................................................27 2.1 Approach .................................................................................................27 2.2 Detailed requirements .............................................................................28 2.3 Data analyses..........................................................................................28 2.4 Conclusions.............................................................................................32 3 Conclusions ....................................................................................................34 3.1 SUV and MPV definition ..........................................................................34 3.2 Sales numbers.........................................................................................34 3.3 Safety issues reported world wide...........................................................34 3.4 National statistics.....................................................................................34 4 References .....................................................................................................36 WP 1.2 Report .............................................................................................38 1 Abstract ..........................................................................................................39 2 German database GIDAS...............................................................................40 2.1 Method and Database .............................................................................40 2.2 Scope of the Data....................................................................................41 2.3 SUV Single Car Accidents.......................................................................41 2.4 SUV to Pedestrian Accidents ..................................................................44 2.5 SUV to Passenger Car Accidents............................................................45 2.6 SUV to Truck Accidents...........................................................................48 2.7 Conclusions.............................................................................................49 2.8 Recommendations...................................................................................49 3 UK database CCIS .........................................................................................51 3.1 Background .............................................................................................51 3.2 Method - Selection of Cases ...................................................................51 3.3 Car/SUV compatibility:.............................................................................51 3.4 In depth Study Results ............................................................................53 3.5 Conclusions.............................................................................................62 3.6 Recommendations:..................................................................................63 WP 1.3 Report .............................................................................................64 1 Analysis of SUV compatibility problem ...........................................................65 1.1 Measurement of structural parameters....................................................65 1.2 Fleet studies ............................................................................................65 1.3 Road restraint systems............................................................................65 2 Measurement of structural parameters...........................................................66 2.1 Introduction..............................................................................................66 2.2 Method ....................................................................................................66 2.3 Results ....................................................................................................68 2.4 Conclusion...............................................................................................74 3 Fleet Analysis of SUV Safety..........................................................................75 3 IMPROVER Final Report: Subproject 1 TREN-04-ST-S07.37022 3.1 Mass independent approach Fleet systems analysis ..............................75 3.2 Conclusions.............................................................................................77 3.3 Geometrical approach Fleet systems analysis ........................................77 4 SUVs and the Standards EN1317 and EN12767 ...........................................87 4.1 Introduction..............................................................................................87 4.2 Evaluation Criteria ...................................................................................88 4.3 Conclusions.............................................................................................90 5 Conclusions ....................................................................................................91 6 References .....................................................................................................93 WP 1.4 Report .............................................................................................94 1 Environmental performance of SUVs and MPVs ............................................95 1.1 Objective .................................................................................................95 1.2 Methodology............................................................................................95 1.3 Results ....................................................................................................96 1.4 Conclusion.............................................................................................101 1.5 Recommendations.................................................................................102 1.6 Literature ...............................................................................................102 4 IMPROVER Final Report: Subproject 1 TREN-04-ST-S07.37022 IMPROVER SP1 Impact Assessment of Road Safety Measures for Vehicles and Road Equipment WP 1.1 Report Data collection Impact on road safety due to the increasing of sports utility and multipurpose vehicles with the following partners: • TNO, The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, The Netherlands • BASt Federal Highway Research Institute, Germany • Chalmers University of Technology Göteborg, Sweden • TRL Transport Research Laboratory Limited, United Kingdom • UTAC, France • VTI National Road and Transport Research Institute, Sweden 5 IMPROVER Final Report: Subproject 1 TREN-04-ST-S07.37022 1 Data collection on SUV and MPV 1.1 Defining Sport Utility (SUVs) and Multi-Purpose Vehicles (MPVs) 1.1.1 Abstract The classification of cars according to their body shape is quite often used for categorising cars e.g. in crashworthiness ratings. Historically this classification has been introduced by car manufacturers. Some categories have been taken over by motor magazines, consumer organisations and also by accident researchers. However, a technically or legally based definition of the categories is often missing. The emerging discussion on Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs), which initially started in the USA, demands for a clear cut definition