BS ISO BRITISH STANDARD 12353-2:2003 Road yehicles Traffic accident analysis - Part 2: Guidelines for the use of impact severity measures ICS 43.040.80 BSi NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTL ABritish Standards BS IS0 12353-2:2003 National foreword This British Standard reproduces verbatim ISO 12353-2:2003 and implements it as the UK national standard. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee AUE/7, Automobile occupant restraint systems, which has the responsibility to: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled "International Standards Correspondence Index", or by using the “Search" facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not ofitself confer immunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the ISO title page, pages ii to vi, pages 1 to 20, an inside back cover and a back cover. The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication This British Standard was published under the authority Amd. No. Date Comments of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 4July2003 C BSI 4 July 2003 ISBN 0580 42210 0 BS IS0 12353-2:2003 INTERNATIONAL ISO STANDARD 12353-2 First edition 2003-06-15 Road vehicles Traffic accident analysis - Part 2: Guidelines for the use of impact severity measures Véhicules routiers - Analyse des accidents de la circulation - Partie 2: Lignes directrices pour I'utilisation des mesures de gravite des chocs Reference number ISO 12353-2:2003(E) So BS ISO 12353-2:2003 ii BS.IS0 12353-2:2003 Contents Page Foreword V Introduction 1 Scope 2 Normativereferences. 3 Terms and definitions 4 Evaluationof impactseverityrelatingtoinjuryoutcome 4.1 Overviewofdifferentseverityparametersandmeasures 4.2 Suitability of parameters for description of impact severity. 4.3 Suitability of measures and methods related to different impact types 5 Evaluation of impact severity relating to vehicle response. 6 Conclusion.. b Annex A (informative) Overview of methods for determination of impact severity.. Annex B (informative) Application examples with EES and delta-v Bibliography. 20 ili BS ISO.12353-2:2003 Foreword Iso (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (isO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through iSO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been InternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(lEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the IsO/lEC Directives, Part 2 The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ISO 12353-2 was pre