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TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE
Accident research for safer Car Design
ETSC Best in Europe Conference 21.-22.02.2006
Tjark Kreuzinger
R&D, External Affairs & Communication, Vehicle Safety, Toyota Motor Europe
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Content
• Principle and Vision
• The Development Cycle
• Accident Research
• THUMS
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Principle and Vision
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Toyotas Principle and Vision
Principle:
TODAY for TOMORROWFocus on proactivity on predicting problems and taking corrective measures before those problems take hold
Vision:
Zeronize & Maximize• Striving to Zeronize the negative impacts of cars on Society• Maximize the positive impacts on personal enrichment through comfort, fun and excitement
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Development Cycle
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Accident Research Leads to Safe Design
=> A cycle of continuous improvement
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Accident Research
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• 50,000 Road Traffic Fatalities in EU25 per year (2001)
• 1,7 million Injured in EU25 per year
• 1.2 million Road Traffic Fatalities in the World per year
• 50 million Injured in the World per year
Road Traffic Burden 1/2
=> Need to improve Road Safety
Fatalities per 100,000 Inhabitants
0
2
4
6
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14
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1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
EU15
EU25
Source: European Environment Agency 2004
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Road Traffic Burden 2/2
WHO expects that by 2020 Road Traffic is 3rd largest contributor to burden
of disease and injury
=> No action will increase burden by 60 % from today
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Global Accident Analysis
Folksam
ANCIS
NASS
SCI
ITARDA Aioi Insurance
CCIS
GIDAS
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Global Accident Statistics
USA
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000
injuries( ×1M)
accidents( ×1M)
other
frontal
side
rear
fatalitiesroll over
78%
2000, NHTSA
EU
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1
2
3
4
5
6
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000
fatalities( ×10000)
injuries( ×1M)
accidents(×1M)
frontal
side
other
rear
fatalities 58%
roll over
2000, Road Traffic Accidents
Japan
0
1
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6
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000
fatalities( ×10000)injuries( ×1M)
accidents( ×1M)
fatalities
rearside
44%
frontal
2000, ITARDA
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THUMS
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Human Body Simulation
(Total HUman Model for Safety)
=> Designing Cars Safer
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Validated against Real Life Injuries in Accidents
=> Simulation predicts Injuries correctly
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Conclusion
• The design for cars to meet real life safety requires basic research
• A fundamental part of this must be Accident Research, which helps to
understand Accident Causation and Injury Causation/Mechanism
• During design, advanced tools like THUMS can help increasing protection
potential beyond traditional borders
• It is important re-confirm the effect after each improvement cycle
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Thank you for your Attention.