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Transportation Safety Requirements in the Use of Pushchairs on Buses
Author(s)
Juan Dols1, Enrique Alcalá2, Jaime Masiá1, Luis Martínez2, Angel Martín2 and Antonio Garcia2
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2142/2017.02.002
Affiliation(s)
1. Institute for Design and Manufacturing (IDF), Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain, Camino de Vera, s/n. 46022 Valencia ,Spain
2. University Institute for Automobile Research (INSIA), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain, Campus sur de la UPM, Ctra. de Valencia, km 7. 28031 Madrid, Spain
ABSTRACT
The safe use of buses by passengers travelling with pushchairs for young
children is a mobility problem that has not yet been satisfactorily resolved.
The lack of national and international standards in this area in the past led
to the development of a research project developed jointly by the Universitat Politècnica València and the
Universidad Politècnica Madrid (Spain). This paper shows a comparative study to evaluate the dynamic behaviour
in case of low-g accidents reproducing frontal
impacts resembling real traffic events (deceleration 2g, DV 20 km/h) of a new pushchair restraint system
against the use of back-restraint by pushchairs as establishes R 107- 06 series
of amendments. In the dynamic trials, three pushchair restraint prototypes and
a typical wheelchair back-restraint system combined with two worst-case
up-to-date pushchair models in misuse and correct use configurations were
tested. The results demonstrated the need for preventing children injuries as a
consequence of low-g accidents. The new design meets and improves the latest revision of regulation R107 regarding the use
of restraint systems for the transport of wheelchair and pushchair passengers
and represents an advance for
pushchairs travelling on buses.
KEYWORDS
Transportation safety, pushchairs, children injury, restraint system, public transport.
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