Imagine if car safety wasn't just about surviving the crash, but ensuring you don't spend years in rehab. This work connects doctors and engineers to understand how crashes cause lasting brain and body damage. It's like updating the safety manual for cars and scooters to protect everyone, regardless of their age or size.
Current vehicle safety standards often focus on immediate survival but ignore the long-term physical and mental health costs of crashes. This leads to high socioeconomic burdens and inefficient medical recovery paths.
The project is developing medical data correlation tools, standardized injury classification systems, and engineering countermeasures for road safety.
If you are a vehicle OEM dealing with the safety requirements of autonomous shuttles — this project developed new assessment tools that reduce long-term physical and mental health consequences. This allows for the creation of safer cabins that lower the risk of permanent disability.
If you are a hospital network dealing with inefficient post-crash recovery paths — this project developed standardized medical data correlations that optimize early treatment response. This helps in reducing the long-term socioeconomic burden on the healthcare system.
If you are a micro-mobility provider dealing with high injury rates for vulnerable road users — this project developed engineering countermeasures tailored to specific user groups. This ensures a more inclusive safety approach for different body statures and ages.
It identifies specific cost categories, including out-of-pocket and hospitalization costs, to optimize treatment and reduce the overall socioeconomic harm for victims.
Yes, the project focuses on all road user groups, including those using autonomous vehicles, shuttles, and new mobility devices.
Based on available project data, the project aims to influence new standards and regulatory guidelines rather than listing specific patents.
The project intends to provide scientifically founded suggestions for future implementation into policy, regulatory, and standardization guidelines.
The project runs from 2024-06-01 to 2027-05-31, meaning the results will be available after May 2027.
The consortium is well-balanced for a translation project, consisting of 15 partners across 10 countries. With a 20% industry ratio (3 industrial partners) and 5 SMEs, there is a clear path from the 7 universities and 3 research centers toward commercial application. The leadership by an Austrian SME (Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH) suggests a focus on practical, simulation-driven engineering.
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