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| Pedestrian Injury Reduction Technology |
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| Technology that protects pedestrians |
| The hoods of Honda automobiles are designed to limit injury to pedestrians in the unlikely event of a car-to-pedestrian collision.
Honda refines the hoods based on extensive crash testing with crash test pedestrian dummies at its indoor Crash Test Safety Facility.
Toward raising the level of pedestrian protection, Honda continues developing ever-more effective technology and applying it to Honda passenger cars. |
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| Equipping All Vehicles with Pedestrian Injury Reduction Technology |
| In 1998, Honda unveiled the world's first pedestrian dummy for use in analyzing what happens when a car hits a pedestrian.
Based on results obtained using the first-generation dummy, Honda has designed automobile bodies that help minimize head and leg injuries to pedestrians in the event of a collision.
First introduced in the Honda HR-V in September 1998, the safety body is now incorporated in over 2.7 million vehicles and 26 different models.
Honda's second-generation dummy enables researchers to measure injury levels at eight different points on the body, ranging from the head to
the lower extremities, further advancing research on pedestrian injury reduction technology.
Honda plans to publish the results of this research with safety-related organizations in order to enhance safety in as many vehicles as possible. |
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 Second-generation POLAR II pedestrian dummy |
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Structured to more faithfully represent the human body, the second-generation POLAR II pedestrian dummy enables researchers to perform more precise accident testing. The dummy provides injury level measurement data from numerous points on the body from the head to the lower extremities, including the spine, abdomen and femur. In the injury-prone lower leg area, the dummy has realistic knee joints, complete with replicated menisci and ligaments. |
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| Crash test with the second-generation POLAR II pedestrian dummy |
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