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Introduction 1 st SENIORS Expert Meeting Marcus Wisch, BASt Adrià Ferrer, IDIADA September 11, 2015

D RAFT A GENDA – 1 ST SENIORS E XPERT M EETING 1:00 p.m. Welcome / Roll Call (Marcus Wisch, Adrià Ferrer) 1:15 p.m. Introduction to the Horizon2020 project SENIORS (Marcus Wisch) • Background • Objectives • Project Structure and Timeline 1:30 p.m. First questions & answers 1:35 p.m. Introduction of Work Package 1 – Accidentology and Behaviour of Elderly in Road Traffic (Marcus Wisch) • Structure and timeplan • Objectives • First results of literature review regarding road traffic safety of elderly and obese persons (focus on car occupants, pedestrians, cyclists) 1:50 p.m. Open discussion towards Work Package 1 2:15 p.m. Introduction of Work Package 2 – Biomechanics (David Hynd) • Structure and timeplan • Objectives • Methodology • Overview HBM 2:35 p.m. Coffee Break 2

D RAFT A GENDA – 1 ST SENIORS E XPERT M EETING 2:55 p.m. Open discussion towards Work Package 2 3:30 p.m. Introduction of Work Package 3 – Test Tool Development (Paul Lemmen) • Structure and timeplan • Objectives 3:40 p.m. Open discussion towards Work Package 3 3:55 p.m. Wrap-up Discussion about potential collaborations Concluding remarks 4:30 p.m. Closure 3

I NTRODUCTION - M OTIVATION Figures from CARE (Community Road Accident Database)  Number of fatally injured road users is decreasing; however, share of elderly is increasing 4

I NTRODUCTION Key target 5 5

I NTRODUCTION What stands SENIORS for and who are we? S afety EN hanced I nnovations For O lder R oad User S Main Goal: • To improve the safe mobility of the elderly, and of obese persons, using an integrated approach. Key facts: • EC Horizon 2020 programme, GA n ° 636136 • Run time: June 2015 – May 2018 (36 months) • Budget: 2.9M € Consortium: • 8 European partners: Autoliv (SWE), BASt (DE), Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (IT), Ford (DE), Humanetics (DE), IDIADA (ES), LMU Munich (DE), Transport Research Laboratory (UK) 6

I NTRODUCTION – F OCUS AND O BJECTIVES Focus of the project and key objectives Focus: • SENIORS investigates and assesses the injury reduction that can be achieved through innovative and suitable tools as well as safety systems targeting the protection of the elderly (and obese persons) as car occupants and external road users (pedestrians, cyclists, e-bike riders) being involved in a crash. Key Objectives: • Improve protection of elderly (all transport modes) • Understand the influence of age in pre-crash and crash occupant dynamics • Identify the anthropometric and injury mechanism particularities of elderly • Develop and optimise test tools, procedures and assessment methods • Transfer knowledge and results to interested experts, regulatory bodies, consumer entities (e.g., Euro NCAP) etc. 7

I NTRODUCTION – P ROJECT I DEA / A PPROACH Integrated approach 8

I NTRODUCTION – P ROJECT S TRUCTURE 9

I NTRODUCTION – T IME P LAN Structure and Time Plan WP1 - Accidentology and Behaviour of Elderly WP2 – Biomechanics WP3 – Test Tools Development WP4 – Impact of new safety systems June November June May 2015 2015 2017 2018 10

I NTRODUCTION - E XPECTED R ESULTS Expected achievements and results (selection) • Identified distinctions in kinematics of road users by age in pre-crash and crash phase. • Identified anthropometric and injury mechanism particularities of elderly, and also obese persons, compared to younger people. • Customised R-scripts package for the calculation of injury risk curves. • Developed and optimised test tools, procedures and assessment methods in the area of passive vehicle safety with special regard to elderly and obese users. Note: The figure provides a simplified overview of some expected results during the project runtime. 11 Many other deliverables, information on workshops etc. can be found on the SENIORS website.

1 ST SENIORS E XPERT M EETING Expectations / Goals for this meeting • To present the project idea and concept • To answer questions to the project in general • To get comments / guidance on the overall methodology • To discuss first project results and next steps • To seek synergies with ongoing research • To establish a platform for same / similar research fields which can be used to exchange knowledge and accelerate harmonisation activities 12

Partners For further information: Marcus Wisch (wisch@bast.de) The research leading to the results of this work has received funding from the European Project Coordinator Community's Eighth Framework Program (Horizon2020) under grant agreement n ° 636136 Adrià Ferrer (adria.ferrer@idiada.com) Project Manager www.seniors-project.eu

WP1 – Accidentology and Behaviour 1 st SENIORS Expert Meeting Marcus Wisch, BASt September 11, 2015

W ORK P ACKAGE 1 - F IRST A NALYSIS R ESULTS *European centralised database on road accidents which Figures from CARE* result in death or injury across the EU  New drivers and elderly are killed more frequent than middle-aged road users 15

W ORK P ACKAGE 1 - F IRST A NALYSIS R ESULTS Figures from CARE  Police-reported numbers of seriously injured persons differ a lot in Europe  Reasons are e.g., definitions, traffic rates, underreporting, rescue services 16

W ORK P ACKAGE 1 - O VERVIEW WP1 – Accidentology and Behaviour of Elderly in Road Traffic Key facts: • WP leader: BASt • Run time: June 2015 – August 2016 Objectives with regard to older road users: • Identify the most critical accident scenarios and injuries sustained of elderly and obese persons in road traffic (focus on pedestrians, cyclists and car occupants) • Understand the characteristics and mechanisms of relevant injuries • Identify human factors that influence mobility and safety • Analyse risk factors and safety potentials of different transport modes and weigh the risk of injury based on exposure 17

W ORK P ACKAGE 1 Structure and Time Plan Task 1.1 - Road traffic accidents involving the elderly Source: GIDAS Task 1.2 – Novel information Task 1.3 – Behavioural aspects of elderly road traffic participants Task 1.4 – Derivation of safety strategies June September March July 2015 2015 2016 2016  WP1 provides the key starting points in the project and derives safety strategies for the following WPs 18

W ORK P ACKAGE 1 - S TRUCTURE Task 1.1 – Road traffic accidents involving the elderly in Europe • Overview of road traffic accidents involving elderly and obese (literature) • Identification of existing research gaps Task 1.2 – Novel information • Detailed accident data analysis to complement knowledge; identification of key body regions and injury mechanisms ; refine injury risk curves • Analysis of hospital statistics to approach underreporting issues and to complement knowledge about injuries and injury mechanisms Task 1.3 – Behavioural aspects of elderly road traffic participants • Behaviour of elderly and obese in different transport modes; human factors that influence mobility and safety • Analysis of accident risk factors and injury risk based on exposure Task 1.4 – Derivation of safety strategies • Review of already implemented safety measures considering vehicle safety systems, infrastructure and traffic education related to elderly • Estimate potential impact of the measures to be developed in SENIORS 19

W ORK P ACKAGE 1 Expected Achievements No. Description Due Date D1.1 Behavioural aspects of elderly as road traffic participants and May 2016 modal split D1.2 Road traffic accidents involving the elderly and obese people in May 2016 Europe incl. investigation of the risk of injury and disabilities D1.3 Road Safety measures towards the elderly, Effects of active vehicle July 2016 safety systems and derivation of safety strategies Source: GIDAS Source: GIDAS 20

W ORK P ACKAGE 1 Review of scientific papers & project reports – first findings • Mobility trends and usage patterns, e.g., – Women tend to use their cars less with increasing age. Women aged 65 to 85 increase their journeys by bus. (Vance et al, 2005) (Mitchell, 2009) – Older drivers in the US have lower police-reported crash involvement rates per capita than younger drivers, largely because older drivers travel fewer miles annually than most other age groups. (Ciccino, 2014) – Restricting driving by the elderly (66+) to daylight hours and to a speed of 80 km/h was found to decrease the risk of an accident by 87%. (Nasvadi and Wister, 2009) – Elderly car owners are using top seller cars; cars with a higher seating position that allows easier access into the car and suggests a better overview or premium cars. (Johannsen and Müller, 2013)  Older drivers travel fewer but have a high risk of being involved in a crash, in particular during night and at higher speeds  Elderly drive medium and higher-class cars. 21 Source: highwaytosafety.com