What is ISO 14513 - Pedestrian protection about?
ISO 14513 is an international standard on pedestrian protection that discusses the test method for head impact. ISO 14513 specifies a test method to simulate the head impact of an adult pedestrian to the bonnet top of passenger vehicles or light truck vehicles of up to 3,5 t (GVM), as defined in ISO 3833. The impact device to be used in this test method will be robust for a vehicle impact velocity of up to 11 m/s. The test method specified addresses the reduction of an adult pedestrian head injury risk; it does not test for injuries to other regions of the pedestrian. The evaluation of injury risk to other pedestrian body regions is to be determined using other test methods. This test method does not consider downward pitching of the vehicle due to pre-impact braking. This test method and the corresponding HIC measurement utilizes a free flight head form impactor and does not consider the kinematics of the pedestrian body as a whole, nor does it consider the subsequent post-impact kinematics and potential injury risk.
NOTE: The test method covers an adult pedestrian head in a simulated impact with a motorized road vehicle. Research suggests vehicle safety improvements in vehicles derived from such pedestrian impact tests may be beneficial also to bicyclists in vehicle front impact.
Who is ISO 14513 - Pedestrian protection for?
ISO 14513 on pedestrian protection is relevant to:
- Automobile industry
- Automobile research and development (R&D)
Why should you use ISO 14513 - Pedestrian protection?
Car accidents in which pedestrians are hit by cars moving at a certain speed and their heads collided against car bonnets or front windshields are assumed. An adult or a child pedestrian's head simulated impactor (head impactor) is projected toward the car bonnet, etc., from the testing machine.
ISO 14513 provides guidance on test equipment, requirements, preparation of test vehicle, test conditions, recording of test results.
The intent of ISO 14513 is to help reduce pedestrian head injuries by providing a standardized test method that will allow different test organizations to use the results from pedestrian impact tests conducted by other organizations. The test method specified applies to adults, but it is anticipated that biomechanical data for children will later be studied in order to determine the potential for child pedestrian protection.