POWERED TWO-WHEELER DUMMY (PTW)

Powered Two and Three-Wheelers (PTWs) are a popular means of transport. Fully electric PTWs can be operated locally emission-free and, therefore, may support sustainable transport options. However, in terms of the safety offered to PTW riders there is still a long way to go compared with other means of transportation. As such, PTW riders are a vulnerable road user group that stands to benefit from improved protection. That’s why Humanetics has teamed up with Autoliv to develop a new crash test dummy, an ATD (Anthropometric Test Device), intended principally for use in testing PTWs, and facilitate evaluations of PTW protective systems. The end goal being to promote more widespread evaluation of protective systems for PTW riders. As with the development of the Motorcyclist Anthropometric Test Device (MATD- ISO 13232-3) an updated modification of the Hybrid III pedestrian is proposed as the principal solution. To this base dummy a small set of modifications are made to allow simple and yet adequate representation of a PTW rider. The PTW dummy anthropometry is based on the RAMSIS Motorbike Posture Models ‘Allrounder’ and ‘Scooter’.