Welcome

Evidence-based Evolution of VRU Safety Requirements

• Potential for modernization after 2 decades VRU Safety?
• GIDAS VRU-accident study
• Comprehensive approach for effective evolution of safety requirements

Influence of AEB-Caused Pitching on Passive Pedestrian Test Provisions

• Influence on lower extremity injury risk due to vehicle’s pitching and diving
• FlexPLI with UBM in non-standard tests
• First analysis of dominant effects

Challenges in Developing Freestanding Dummies for Pedestrian Collision Tests

• Introduction to the Biofidel Dummy
• Current Limitations of Existing Pedestrian Test Systems
• Technical Challenges in Developing a Freestanding Dummy
• Validation Concept and Evaluation Methodology
• Outlook and Future Development Potential

Euro NCAP VRU 2026 ADAS Assessments – Increased Challenges

• Changes in testing and assessment
• Detailed look into the new scenarios
• Prediction, verification, robustness layers
• Truck VRU safety testing

Transfer zur BASt

PRAXIS:
Laboratory & Proving Ground of the German Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute (BASt)
Analysis and Discussion of Pedestrian Protection Measures of Current Vehicles

• Demos
  • aPLI
  • Impact Test
  • Crash Test Biofidel Dummy
  • Active Safety Test Methods & Tools: Multi-target scenario
  • Vehicle Mark-up
• Vehicle Presentations:
  • Audi (RS5 Avant)
  • BMW (iX3)
  • Ford (Tourneo Custom)
  • Kia (PV5 Passenger)
  • Mercedes-Benz (GLC EQ)
  • TOYOTA (Aygo X Hybrid)
  • Volvo (ES90)

Ende des ersten Konferenztages

HBM Virtual Testing Procedures for VRUs – Activities within the EU-Project IMPROVA

• Ideas for an HBM-based VT procedure for test and assessment of VRU impacts against passenger cars
• Improvement of pedestrian HBMs to address long-term consequence injuries
• Approaches for validation of a vehicle front-end simulation model to be used in a VT pedestrian safety assessment procedure

The Frontend Geometry as a Potential Determining Factor for Impact Kinematics and Injury Severity of Pedestrians

• Research question
• Methods and Results
• To Do's

New Challenges for Pedestrian Protection Posed by Supercars

• Type approval
• Possible evaluation of not measurable attributes
• Increased risk of injury because of the design of the vehicle
• Small series

aPLI Round Robin – Update

• Update of the presentation from 2025
• Execution of comparative tests in 6 laboratories with 13 different impactors on a generalized test frame
• Preparation of the test results with regard to the current Euro NCAP evaluation scheme
• Preliminary investigations into the causes of the scatter observed

Robust Impactor, Unstable Rating – Why the (Euro) NCAP aPLI Scoring is not Robust Enough

• Classification of current experiences with the aPLI in the context of (Euro) NCAP assessment
• Integration of round-robin and vehicle test experiences
• Relevance of the results for vehicle development and target achievement
• Open issues and questions for future assessment approaches

Adaptability Assessment under Vehicle Braking Attitude (C-NCAP 2027)

• Motivation
• Determination of key parameters
• Reproducing the braking attitude
• Validation and test trend

Euro NCAP Pedestrian Protection: Challenges for Manufacturers and Testing Organizations

• Impactors
• Assessment criteria
• Test matrix / test layers

Analysis of Windshield Impact Tests based on Criteria for Atypical Fracture Behavior

• The Regulatory Framework for Windscreen Head Impacts
• Technical Limitations in Tests Data Acquisition and Processing
• Dataset and Tests Results Overview
• Correlation Between Fracture and Injury (HIC)

European SCART-Institute: Scenario-based Type Approval Processes in Europe - Current Status and Outlook 

• SCART – Safety of Connected and Automated Road Traffic
• Build market trust in Level 2+ automated driving systems
• Digitised homologation process for UNECE and European frameworks
• Unified assessment criteria that reduce regulatory uncertainty.
• Traceable and transparent for authorities, fleets, and customers.

Investigating the Influence of the 3D Muscle Representation with Hybrid Active Properties in the Ansys Hans Human Body Model for Vehicle Safety Applications

• Active HBMs in pedestrian protection
• Hybrid muscle modelling approach
• 1D vs. 3D muscle modelling
• Kinematics & injury risk analysis

Latin NCAP & Global NCAP Protocol Updates, Results and Next Steps

Closing Remarks and Farewell