Reducing traffic fatalities is a challenge that public administrations and private companies face every day. Now a group of seven companies, five research centers and three public entities from different regions of Spain have joined forces to form the ‘Adapta’ consortium; their goal is to create a pioneering and innovative smart protection system that protects passengers from lateral impact vehicle collisions. These accidents are responsible for four out of every ten roadway deaths per year.
The facilities of the Cidaut Research and Development Center in Transport and Energy (Fundación Cidaut para la Investigación y Desarrollo en Transporte y Energía), located in the Boecillo Technology Park in Valladolid (northwestern Spain) was the site chosen to present the results of this pioneering project. The most significant feature of this system is that it evaluates if there is a risk of impact using a series of interior mechanisms, which let the vehicle detect a potential collision in time enough to prepare for it.
The vehicle has four cameras in order to foresee a collision and allow the safety system to adapt to the passengers inside. Two of the cameras are located inside and analyze the location and arrangement of the passengers in order to adapt the vehicle’s safety measures. The other two cameras are on top of the vehicle’s exterior, analyzing the trajectory, speed and size of the object which is about to impact the car. Once a possible lateral collision is detected an external airbag is activated which reduces the relative speed of the impact. Then an inflatable lateral protection bar is deployed, the door is opened in order to provide more space, and the passenger is moved toward the interior of the vehicle. In the next step the internal airbags are fired in order to create a cushion which will absorb the impact.
The system can reduce thoracic injuries to the passengers of the vehicle that is struck by up to 40%
La Razón
Reducing traffic fatalities is a challenge that public administrations and private companies face every day. Now a group of seven companies, five research centers and three public entities from different regions of Spain have joined forces to form the ‘Adapta’ consortium; their goal is to create a pioneering and innovative smart protection system that protects passengers from lateral impact vehicle collisions. These accidents are responsible for four out of every ten roadway deaths per year.
The facilities of the Cidaut Research and Development Center in Transport and Energy (Fundación Cidaut para la Investigación y Desarrollo en Transporte y Energía), located in the Boecillo Technology Park in Valladolid (northwestern Spain) was the site chosen to present the results of this pioneering project. The most significant feature of this system is that it evaluates if there is a risk of impact using a series of interior mechanisms, which let the vehicle detect a potential collision in time enough to prepare for it.
The vehicle has four cameras in order to foresee a collision and allow the safety system to adapt to the passengers inside. Two of the cameras are located inside and analyze the location and arrangement of the passengers in order to adapt the vehicle’s safety measures. The other two cameras are on top of the vehicle’s exterior, analyzing the trajectory, speed and size of the object which is about to impact the car. Once a possible lateral collision is detected an external airbag is activated which reduces the relative speed of the impact. Then an inflatable lateral protection bar is deployed, the door is opened in order to provide more space, and the passenger is moved toward the interior of the vehicle. In the next step the internal airbags are fired in order to create a cushion which will absorb the impact.
The system can reduce thoracic injuries to the passengers of the vehicle that is struck by up to 40%
La Razón
Reducing traffic fatalities is a challenge that public administrations and private companies face every day. Now a group of seven companies, five research centers and three public entities from different regions of Spain have joined forces to form the ‘Adapta’ consortium; their goal is to create a pioneering and innovative smart protection system that protects passengers from lateral impact vehicle collisions. These accidents are responsible for four out of every ten roadway deaths per year.
The facilities of the Cidaut Research and Development Center in Transport and Energy (Fundación Cidaut para la Investigación y Desarrollo en Transporte y Energía), located in the Boecillo Technology Park in Valladolid (northwestern Spain) was the site chosen to present the results of this pioneering project. The most significant feature of this system is that it evaluates if there is a risk of impact using a series of interior mechanisms, which let the vehicle detect a potential collision in time enough to prepare for it.
The vehicle has four cameras in order to foresee a collision and allow the safety system to adapt to the passengers inside. Two of the cameras are located inside and analyze the location and arrangement of the passengers in order to adapt the vehicle’s safety measures. The other two cameras are on top of the vehicle’s exterior, analyzing the trajectory, speed and size of the object which is about to impact the car. Once a possible lateral collision is detected an external airbag is activated which reduces the relative speed of the impact. Then an inflatable lateral protection bar is deployed, the door is opened in order to provide more space, and the passenger is moved toward the interior of the vehicle. In the next step the internal airbags are fired in order to create a cushion which will absorb the impact.
The system can reduce thoracic injuries to the passengers of the vehicle that is struck by up to 40%
La Razón
