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RS ISO 16850:2007
Road vehicles — Pedestrian protection — Child head impact test method

Abstract

This International Standard specifies a test method to simulate the child impact of a child pedestrian to the
bonnet of passenger vehicles or some light truck vehicles, as defined in ISO 3833.
The purpose of this test method is to simulate frontal impact of a vehicle, laterally to a pedestrian.
The impact device to be used in this test method will be robust for a vehicle impact velocity of up to 11 m/s.
While the test method specified addresses the reduction of a child 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
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 utilize 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 a child pedestrian’s head in a simulated impact with a motorized road vehicle.
Research suggests that safety improvements in vehicles derived from such pedestrian impact tests may be beneficial also
to bicyclists in vehicle front impact.

General Information

Code	Classification	Theme	Pages	Publisher	Availability
RS ISO 16850:2007	ADOPTED ISO STANDARDS	Road vehicles engineering	31	First Edition Apr 2016	Available