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http://dx.doi.org/10.12815/kits.2017.16.5.85

Analysis of Pedestrian Throw Distance from Truck Speed and Bumper Height  

Shim, Jaekwi (Korea Road Traffic Authority)
Lee, Sangsoo (Dept. of Transportation Eng, Ajou University)
Baek, Seryong (Gachon.Samsong Automotive Research Center)
Choi, Jungwoo (Korea Road Traffic Authority)
Publication Information
The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems / v.16, no.5, 2017 , pp. 85-95 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to identify the throw distance in terms of truck weight, bumper height, and speed in a truck and pedestrian collision, and to propose a model for throw distance estimates. For this purpose, a simulation analysis is performed using the PC-crash program with the following experiment conditions: Truck weight of 5t, 15t, and 25t, Bumper height from 0.3m to 0.6m by 0.1m, and speed from 10km/h to 100km/h by 10 km/h. Experimental results show that the truck speed and bumper height are found to be significant factors for pedestrian throw distance, but truck weight is not a significant factor. Also, a regression model is developed for pedestrian throw distance estimate from the multiple regression analysis. The adjusted $R^2$ value of the model is 93.3%, which is very good explanatory power.
Keywords
Traffic Accident Analysis; Pedestrian Accident; PC-crash; Pedestrian Throw Distance; Vehicle Collision Speed;
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