Interaction of Cyclist and Car during Broadside and Confrontation with Pedestrian Throw Formulas – Multibody Simulation
Abstract
Although the issue of the injury of a cyclist in car collision is in slight shade compared to the pedestrian issues, we cannot completely ignore it. There is an increasing need of attention paid to the bike safety with the growing popularity of motor less single-track vehicles.
This study finds out whether it is appropriate to analyze cyclist accidents by using the relations describing the pedestrian throw and using the simulation software Madymo models the side-impact collision caused by car. This paper also describes how influential are the forms of the front parts of normal cars and the position of cyclist on three types of bicycles.
The analysis of formulas which estimate the car speed before the impact contributes mainly in the field of judicial connoisseurship and investigating of car accidents.