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What is Pedestrian Protection Tests

Chapter 17
Handbook of Research on Intelligent Techniques and Modeling Applications in Marketing Analytics
These tests involve the simulation of accidents involving adult and child pedestrians. They assess the potential risk at injuries to pedestrian head, pelvis, and upper and lower leg. The score is determined from tests to the most important vehicle front-end structures such as the bonnet and windshield, the bonnet leading edge, and the bumper.
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Car Safety: A Statistical Analysis for Marketing Management
António Moreira (DEGEI, GOVCOPP, University of Aveiro, Portugal), Monica Gouveia (University of Aveiro, Portugal), and Pedro Macedo (University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 27
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0997-4.ch017
Abstract
Car safety is an essential feature of marketing strategies for automobile companies. In this work, a statistical analysis on crash tests is conducted based on data available from European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP). The research work developed in this chapter presents a statistical analysis of the information produced by Euro NCAP, using the SPSS and MATLAB software, and seeks to answer the following research questions: - are there statistically significant differences on adult occupant safety in the six years under study? - are there statistically significant differences among the best-selling car classes regarding safety in frontal collisions? - are electric and hybrid automobiles less secure than their traditional counterparts with respect to frontal collisions?
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