June 17 – 18, 2026  |  Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

PraxisConference Pedestrian Protection 2026

Presentations on the following topics have already been confirmed. More will be available here shortly.

  • Euro NCAP AEB Tests for Vulnerable Road Users
  • aPLI Testing Experience and Further Development
  • aPLI Round Robin Test
  • Robust Impactor, Unstable Rating – Why the (Euro) NCAP aPLI Scoring is not Robust Enough
  • Evidence-based Evolution of VRU Safety Requirements
  • Human Body Models (HBM) and Virtual Testing in Pedestrian Protection
  • New challenges for Pedestrian Protection posed by Supercars
  • Evaluation of Windshield Impact Tests according to Criteria for Atypical Fracture Behavior

Vehicles from the following manufacturers are featured in the practical section:

  • AUDI (model tba)
  • BMW (iX3)
  • Ford (Tourneo Custom)
  • Kia (PV5 Passenger)
  • Mercedes-Benz (GLC EQ)
  • TOYOTA (Aygo X Hybrid)

 

BMW iX3 Ford Tourneo Custom KIA PV5 Mercedes GLC EQ TOYOTA Aygo X

 

Program subject to change.

Here you see a recap of the program of the 20th PraxisConference Pedestrian Protection 2025. As soon as the program of the 2026 conference is finalized, you will find it here.

 Wednesday, June 25, 2025 

Welcome

Präsident und Professor Markus Oeser - BASt - German Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute

20th PraxisConference - Looking back on the Evolution of VRU Protection

Bernd Lorenz - BASt - German Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute

Windscreen Fracture Behaviour during Component and Full Scale Dummy Tests for Passive Pedestrian Safety

Oliver Zander - BASt - German Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute
  • Current legal assessment criteria
  • Comparison of impactor and full scale dummy tests
  • Applicability and ideas for a possible way forward

Windscreen Fracture Behavior

Luis Pablo Jean Sosa - Volkswagen de Mexico
  • NCAP requirements
  • Euro NCAP vs Latin NCAP
  • Practical example

VW Proactive Pedestrian Protection: AEB based Reversible Bonnet

Guillem Ajates Temprana - Volkswagen AG
  • Combining AEB and active bonnet
  • Integrated reversibility
  • System timing in pedestrian crash event

Volkswagen ID.7 Proactive Pedestrian Protection

The Technical Background behind the Realization of a Multiple Reusable DPPS in the current VW ID.7

Heiner Ackers - Edscha Engineering GmbH
  • Kinematics studies and the basics of the system
  • Technical realization of the system integration
  • Simulations and test results

EDSCHA R-DPPS

Bus Transfer to BASt

Evening Reception at Joseph's Cologne

Joseph's

Agrippinawerft 22
50678 Köln

With special guest

Dr. O'Yomio

 

 Thursday, June 26, 2025 

Development and Validation of Thoracic Impactor for Pedestrian Collision

Yongcheng Long - China Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co. Ltd. (CAERI)
  • Accident Investigation and Injury Analysis ​
  • ​Design philosophy of the impactor​
  • ​Biofidelity verification of the impactor​
(This is a a video presentation that will be available on-demand video during and after the conference.)

Development of a Pedestrian Thorax Impactor

Dr. Sevgi Saraç Karadeniz - OTEST A.Ş.
  • Thorax impactor
  • Flat front vehicles
  • Pedestrian protection tests

aPLI Round Robin

Björn Hohage - AUDI AG
  • Execution of comparative tests in at least 4 laboratories with at least 9 different impactors on a generalized test frame
  • Preparation of the test results with regard to the current Euro NCAP evaluation scheme
  • Initial investigations into the causes of scattering

A Manufacturer's View on the Global VRU Protection Requirements and their Influences

Jan Wilsmann - BMW AG
  • Looking back at the last decades of designing VRU friendly cars
  • Status quo
  • Possible focus of future requirements

Current Euro NCAP Active Safety Test Procedures for Vulnerable Road Users 2025 and Outlook to 2026

Adrian Hellmann - BASt - German Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute
  • Euro NCAP VRU 2025 ADAS Assessments
  • BASt‘s Test Equipment & Test Track
  • Detailed Look Into Test Protocol Passenger Cars
  • Euro NCAP Test Protocol 2026

Assessment Schemes for the the next Generation of C-NCAP

Yuanjin Pei - CATARC - China Automotive Technology & Research Center
  • Roadmap
  • Windscreen Assessment
  • Adaptability of Safety Performance
  • Integrated Safety - ADAS-based Active Bonnet

Virtual Testing (VT) in VRU Safety – an OEM Perspective

Dr.-Ing. Holger Staack - AUDI AG
  • Classification of VT
  • VT Application today and future
  • Challenges
  • Fields of research

Volkswagen Jetta: Challenges, Achievements, and Commitment to Pedestrian Protection

Jonathan Torres Luis - Volkswagen de México
  • Volkswagen de México: History and Consolidation as a Development Center for New Projects
  • Current Situation of Road Accidents in Mexico and the importance of developing components that improve safety in automobiles.
  • Adaptation of the Jetta to Changes in Latin NCAP Protocols
  • Development of Features at Volkswagen de México for Safety (Pedestrian Protection)
  • Excellence in Safety: Achievement of 5 Stars in Latin NCAP (VRU) for Our Consumers

AI-based Motion Reconstruction to Support Validation

Vinod Kumar Madras Gunasekaran - Bertrandt AG
  • AI based motion tracking of impactors
  • Heatmap prediction --> Supervised Learning & Training of AI model
  • Processing of trajectories
  • Camera Calibration
  • 2D reconstruction for FE model validation

Comparison of Different HBM in Structure and Kinematics

Stefan Hundertmark - EDAG Engineering GmbH
  • Comparison of the structure of the HBM
  • Comparison of kinematics when impacting generic vehicle models

News from Euro NCAP

Direktor & Professor Andre Seeck - BASt - German Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute

Closing Remarks & Farewell

Dirk-Uwe Gehring - BGS Böhme & Gehring GmbH; Ralf Reuter - carhs.training gmbh

 

 

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