Citation

Cao L, Zhang K, Lv X, Yan L. Traffic Injury Prev. 2016; 17(4): 430-433.

Affiliation

a State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacture for Vehicle Body, Hunan University , Changsha , Hunan , China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15389588.2015.1101077

PMID

26508539

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Crash test dummies are full-scale anthropomorphic test devices (ATDs) that simulate the dimensions, weight proportions and articulation of the human body, and are used to measure human injury potential in vehicle crashes. The Hybrid-III dummy family, which is widely used currently, takes selected percentiles of anthropometry dimensions of U.S. adults as design references. The objective of this study was to assess the difference between Chinese adults and currently used dummy in anthropometry.

METHODS: Based on the Chinese National Physical Fitness Surveillance of the year 2000, 2005, 2010 and National Standard of China GB/T 10000-1988, a series of anthropometric parameters for Chinese adults were obtained, and data analysis was conducted between Chinese adults and ATDs currently used.

RESULTS: The comparison revealed distinct anthropometric difference between ATDs and Chinese adults. Based on the latest data, Chinese median females were about 2.6% lower in stature and about 8.03% lower in body weight than the ATD design targets. Similarly, Chinese median males were about 3.48% shorter and weighed 11.89% less than the ATD design targets.

CONCLUSIONS: Although the anthropometric differences between Chinese adults and the Hybrid-III ATD specifications were modest and growing smaller, it is advisable to take the differences between ATDs and Chinese adults in anthropometry into consideration when developing new vehicles in China to provide effective protection specifically for Chinese occupants.

Language: en