안전도평가(보행자안전성) 결과에 대한 고찰

Pedestrian accidents account for approximately 36% of total traffic accident fatality in Korea(2008). Head injuries account for 65% of the cause of death in pedestrian accidents. Leg injuries account for 44% of the cause of hurt in pedestrian accidents. A variety of research efforts have been performed to protect pedestrians in the world. As the result, The evaluation of the pedestrians protection for the vehicle has been started through EuroNCAP since 1996 in Europ, and J-NCAP started in Japan since 2003. In case of Korea , K-NCAP started for headform test in the first place since 2007 and legform test was added from 2008. In this paper, the performance of pedestrian protection for recent vehicles was evaluated by KNCAP. As the result, in spite of variety effort for pedestrian safety, so far performance of recent vehicle is not thorough going enough. For the development of pedestrian friendly vehicle, it is necessary that enough space should be secured more than 70mm between hood and engine room. Additionally, it is necessary to introduce more aggressive technology as active hood lifting system and outer air bag for pedestrian protection.