Final report EEVC European Enhanced Vehicle-safety Committee Ad-Hoc Group on Whiplash Injuries and EEVC WG12 Advanced Anthropometric Adult Crash Dummies

SummarySeveral proposals for a test procedure for neck injury protection assessment have beenpublished. A good deal of data are available to serve as a basis for the choice of; test set-up(e.g. full vehicle test, sled test), accident severity (delta-v, acceleration characteristic) andcrash dummy type.There is however a lack of information regarding the choice of a neck injury criterion and atolerance level. There are however promising activities under way, for instance in the ongoingEU-project "Whiplash II".The EEVC ad-hoc working group on whiplash injuries recommends that a new EEVC activityon rear impact is established. Although much research work has taken place there are stillsignificant gaps in the knowledge base, before a full regulatory test procedures can be fullyadopted. The ad-hoc group feels that a new EEVC activity would have an important role toplay in initiating and evaluating new research to fill these gaps.Future tasks for any new EEVC activity would include:a) Test proceduresb) Test devices (crash dummies).c) Assessment criteriad) Validation