Researchers, safety advocates, and underride victim survivors gathered on April 17 to discuss how to make crashes with the front of a truck more survivable. Experts from around the globe shared their expertise and answered questions:
Front Impact Guard Webinar – April 17
Video Coverage of Speaker Presentations:
- Full webinar (around one hour and 45 minutes)
- Welcome and historical perspective (Marianne Karth)
- Current Regulation – Iain Knight, Director & Principal Engineer at Apollo Vehicle Safety, UK
- Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) View – Reimert Sjoblom, Expert Engineer Passive Safety with the Scania Group
- Crash Data & Future Needs – Rikard Fredriksson, Senior Advisor at the Swedish Transport Administration, Professor at University of Chalmers, Euro NCAP Board
- New Countermeasures & Test Methods – Rob Thomson, Professor of Vehicle Safety at the Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)
- Research in the U.S. – Keith Friedman, President of the Friedman Research Center
- Wrap up with Opportunity for Q&A and Discussion of What This Means for US
Presenter Slides & Papers:
- Iain Knight – Front Underrun protection.Iain Knight. for ACUP April 2024
- Reimert Sjoblum – Scania HGV and Passenger Vehicle Conflicts
- Rikard Fredriksson – US pres – Heavy truck fatal crashes Sweden Apr 17
- Rob Thomson – Underride workshop_Chalmers_Distribution
- Rikard Fredriksson & Rob Thomson paper – Thomson ESV 2023 (ESV_23_0321 HGV-Car incompatibility)
Hopefully, the information shared and learned during this discussion will be but the beginning of a collaborative global conversation leading to the reduction of preventable truck crash fatalities — one life at a time.
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