When a new vehicle is developed, crash tests serve to optimise the passenger protection concept. To this end, appropriately equipped pre-production vehicles are substituted for the future series production vehicles and used to simulate a range of accident types. However, before the actual testing come the computer simulations, i.e. virtual crash te [..]

Crash tests are tests in which product impact behaviour is verified. The most important are safety tests in vehicles, where the level of life threatening of the crew or other traffic participants (pedestrians, motor-cyclists etc.) is assessed.

When a new vehicle is developed, crash tests serve to optimise the passenger protection concept. To this end, appropriately equipped pre-production vehicles are substituted for the future series production vehicles and used to simulate a range of accident types. The purpose of crash testing is not only to improve passenger protection and minimise t [..]