ASSESSMENT OF POLAR II PEDESTRIAN DUMMY FOR USE IN FULL-SCALE CASE RECONSTRUCTIONS

Honda RD evaluate the trajectories of head, knee, pelvis and foot for different pedestrian stances in response to low and high vehicle impacts; compare dummy measurements with case injuries and human injury tolerances; and evaluate durability of the dummy and its utility for reconstructing actual pedestrian accidents. Findings showed that the Polar II dummy is a promising test device, but it seems that it currently remains a satisfactory device for evaluating only certain vehicle designs in certain situations for pedestrian aggressiveness. The global use of the device for evaluating other designs such as high profile pickup trucks remains unclear based on these tests. In terms of reconstructing cases with the Polar II dummy, it seems that we can get close to what happened in the accident, but it will be very difficult to match a case exactly by using the dummy due to issues with the dummy, as well as uncertainties in the case information.