Most car safety tests only look at whether someone survives the crash or gets a broken bone. This work looks at the 'hidden' injuries, like chronic pain or depression, that haunt survivors for years. It's like moving from just checking if a building stands after a fire to ensuring the people inside can actually live normal lives afterward.
Current vehicle safety focuses on immediate survival, ignoring that 10% of minor injuries lead to permanent impairment and up to 20% of survivors suffer long-term psychological trauma.
A predictive formula for long-term consequences, upgraded virtual human body models, and a standardized data collection codebook for accident investigations.
If you are a car manufacturer dealing with evolving safety ratings — this project developed upgraded virtual human body models that predict long-term medical impairment. This allows you to design interiors that reduce the 10% of minor injuries that become permanent disabilities.
If you are a safety rating agency dealing with outdated crash metrics — this project developed a new data collection codebook and the 'IMPROVA formula'. This enables you to quantify the likelihood of long-term consequences directly after a crash.
If you are an insurance provider dealing with high long-term care costs — this project developed a method to estimate the number of people suffering from long-term consequences across Europe. This helps in predicting future claim liabilities for chronic depression and PTSD.
Based on available project data, no specific pricing or cost for the resulting tools is mentioned.
Yes, the project involves 7 industrial partners and focuses on virtual testing procedures for future application in industrial environments and NCAP labs.
Based on available project data, the specific licensing terms for the formula are not provided.
The project aims to harmonize data collection and evaluation of injuries with regulatory authorities and NCAPs to implement new countermeasures.
The project runs from 2024-06-01 to 2028-05-31, suggesting tools will be refined through 2028.
The consortium is highly industry-driven, with a 50% industry ratio (7 out of 14 partners). Led by IDIADA, a major automotive technology provider, and spanning 7 countries, the group balances academic research (3 universities, 2 research centers) with practical application in NCAP labs and industrial settings, ensuring the results are commercially viable.
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