The 8 papers in this publication focus on research studies and tests to develop techniques to minimize human injuries and fatalities in both the struck vehicle and the striking vehicle in automotive crashes. Other topics include the biomechanics of pedestrian impact, development of test devices and countermeasures for pedestrian protection, and epidemiology of pedestrian injury.

2008-01-0813 Evaluating Frontal Crash Test

Force-Deformation Data for Vehicle to Vehicle

Frontal Crash Compatibility

Khaled Mostafa, Kennedy Digges and Vahid Motevalli The George Washington University

2008-01-0814 Preliminary Evaluation Methodology in Front-Front Vehicle Compatibility

John C. Brewer

Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

David L. Smith

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

2008-01-0815 Relationship between Frontal Stiffness

and Occupant Compartment Intrusion in Frontal

Crash Tests

James Saunders, Alexander Strashny and Chris Wiacek

National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration

2008-01-0816  Development of a Test Method to Evaluate

both Stiffness and Interaction of

Compatibility Performance

Takashi Hasegawa and Toshiya Kudoh Toyota Motor Corporation

2008-01-1240 Validation of an FE Lower Limb Model

for a Child Pedestrian by Means of

Accident Reconstruction

O. Ito, M. Okamoto and Y. Takahashi

Honda R&D Co., Ltd. Automobile R&D Center

F. Mori

PSG Co., Ltd.

2008-01-1243 Full-Scale Validation of a Human FE Model

for the Pelvis and Lower Limb of a Pedestrian

Yuji Kikuchi and Yukou Takahashi

Honda R&D Co., Ltd. Automobile R&D Center

Fumie Mori

PSG Co., Ltd.

2008-01-1244 A Response Surface Based Tool for Evaluating

Vehicle Performance in the Pedestrian Leg

Impact Test

Mark O. Neal, Jian Tu and Donald R. Jones

General Motors

2008-01-1245 Pedestrian Lower Extremity Response and Injury:

A Small Sedan vs. A Large Sport Utility Vehicle

Jason Kerrigan, Damien Subit,

Costin Untaroiu and Jeff CrandaU

University of Virginia Center For Applied Biomechanics

Rodney Rudd

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration