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Evaluation of Occupant Protection of Van and Light Truck Vehicle

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  • Kim, Guan-Hee (Korea Automobile Insurance Repair Research & Training Center, Korea Insurance Development Institute) ;
  • Park, In-Song (Korea Automobile Insurance Repair Research & Training Center, Korea Insurance Development Institute)
  • 김관희 (보험개발원 자동차기술연구소) ;
  • 박인송 (보험개발원 자동차기술연구소)
  • Received : 2010.08.24
  • Accepted : 2011.11.17
  • Published : 2012.05.01
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Abstract

The fatalities rate for passenger vehicles, vans, and commercial vehicles is 1.23, 1.90 and 2.46 deaths per 10,000 registered vehicles, respectively. This shows that vans and commercial vehicles are vulnerable compare to passenger vehicles. To evaluate the crashworthiness of van and Light Truck Vehicle(LTV), we carried out frontal offset crash test at 64km/h, 40% overlap as per IIHS(Insurance Institute for Highway Safety). The test result show that LTV is very poor to protect occupant at frontal crash cause there is no safety system such as airbag and pretensioner and front end length(distance from front bumper to steering wheel) is short. One of the van rated as the lowest rating even it is equipped with airbag, cause its safety cage was collapsed during the test. This result shows that the structural integrity is very important in terms of occupant protection.

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