Table of Contents

Accident Analysis C607/016/2002 Global priorities for vehicle safety M Mackay and E Wodzin 3 C607/008/2002 Determination of risk factors of accident causation S Busch, R Zobel, and J-P Kreiss 11 C607/018/2002 Airbag effectiveness in real world crashes in Australia J S Barnes, A P Morris, B Fildes, M Fitzharris, and R J Frampton 23 C607/021/2002 Intrusion resistance glazing - implications for vehicle occupant safety A M Hassan, M Mackay, and J H Kee 33 C607/004/2002 An overview of accidents and safety priorities for light goods vehicles J Lenard, R J Frampton, A Kirk, A Morris, R Newton, P Thomas, and P A Fay 49 Side Impact C607/035/2002 Side impact barrier - development and evaluation D Hynd, R Lowne, S Knack, E Becchio, R Zuljar, and P Castaing 63 C607/034/2002 IIHS side impact barrier - development and crash test experience R A Arbelaez, G J Dakin, J M Nolan, D J Dalmotas, and S Tylko 73 C607/027/2002 International harmonized research activities side impact working group status report K Seyer 89 Compatibility C607/023/2002 International Harmonized Research Activity (IHRA) - Vehicle Compatibility P O'Reilly 103 C607/022/2002 NHTSA's research programme for vehicle agressivity and fleet compatibility W T Hollowell, S M Summers, and A Prasad 115 C607/028/2002 Australian research to develop a vehicle compatibility test K Seyer, C A Newland, and M B Terrell 133 C607/009/2002 Influence of declaration pulse on driver injury levels in vehicle-to-vehicle collisions T Schwarz, S Busch, and R Zobel 149 C607/032/2002 Development of test procedures and performance criteria to improve compatibility in car frontal collisions M J Edwards, C A Hobbs, H Davies, and A Thompson 157 C607/025/2002 Improvements in car-to-car computability - physics, design constraints, and assessment test methodology and criteria A Diboine and P Delannoy 177 Active Safety C607/029/2002 Primary new car assessment programme - PNCAP B Chinn, I Knight, and M McCarthy 191 Rear Impact C607/033/2002 BioRID responses and the effect of crash pulse characteristics D S Zuby and M Avery 207 C607/020/2002 The influence of initial head rotation (non-sagittal plane position) on whiplash injury W Z Golinski and C R Gentle 217 C607/010/2002 Kinematics of the human spine in rear impact and the biofidelity of current dummies A K Roberts, D Hynd, P R Dixon, O Murphy, M Magnusson, and M H Pope 227 Other Issues C607/001/2002 The effect of safety belts in bus rollover process M Matyas 247 C607/014/2002 The safety of passengers in wheelchairs in vehicles D MacDonald 257 C607/015/2002 In-car safety and personal security needs of female drivers and passengers M Carter and R Welsh 267 Pedestrian Safety C607/037/2002 Comprehensive approach to increased pedestrian safety in pedestrian-to-car accidents W Koch, M Howard, and R Sferco 285 C607/013/2002 Pedestrian injury - effects in impact speed and contact stiffness C E Neal-Sturgess, G Coley, and P de Oliveira 311 C607/006/2002 Investigation into the use of adaptable car structures concepts for pedestrian impact protection J Hoffmann, A Kretzschmar, and M V Blundell 323 C607/007/2002 Adaptation of a pedestrian finite element model for use in simulating two-wheeled rider-to-car accident scenarios B McLundie 335 C607/002/2002 Design of experiments simulation of real world pedestrian accidents N Le Glatin, M V Blundell, S Thorpe, G Blount, G Brown, and B Allan-Stubbs 345 Authors' Index 357

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