A study on throw distance of electric bicycle and cyclist based on accident reconstruction
Paper in proceeding, 2013

This paper aims to determine the correlation of the throw distance of cyclist and electric bicycle in traffic accidents with throw vehicle impact speed. A total of 22 vehicle-electric bicycle accidents were sampled from IVAC database, China. The selected accidents were reconstructed by using PC-Crash and Madymo programs. The relationship between throw distance and vehicle impact velocity was analyzed by using logistic regression model The relationship curves were obtained based on the calculated parameters. With increasing of the vehicle impact velocity, an increase of throw distance was observed. When the vehicle impact velocity was above 30km/h, the throw distance of electric bicycle was larger than that of cyclist. By comparing of results from the PC-Crash and MADYMO simulations with observations from in-depth accident investigation, the feasibility of the reconstruction method and the validity of the numerical model were evaluated. This research could provide a basis for further study on the dynamic response and injury prevention of cyclist.

Throwing distance

Electric bicycle

Injury

Accident reconstruction

Author

Bing Dai

Hunan University

Jikuang Yang

Chalmers, Applied Mechanics, Vehicle Safety

Xuenong Zhou

Hunan Police Academy

Chao Zhang

Xiaoping Yu

Traffic Police Branch of Changsha

Weiqiang Li

Police Hospital of Changsha

Meichuan Wang

Fourth Hospital of Changsha

Proceedings - 2013 5th Conference on Measuring Technology and Mechatronics Automation, ICMTMA 2013

135-138
9780769549323 (ISBN)

Areas of Advance

Transport

Subject Categories

Reliability and Maintenance

DOI

10.1109/ICMTMA.2013.44

ISBN

9780769549323

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Created

10/6/2017