Abstract:

The world-wide implementation of vehicle low-speed crash test system reduces traffic accidents,
and plays an important role in automotive marketing and auto insurance. This paper analyzes the current
situation of the vehicle low-speed crash test regulations of the Research Council for Automobile Repairs (the
RCAR) and the American Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (the IIHS), of China, and of the other countries.
Since there are no sufficient accident records of the traffic conditions, vehicle models and brands etc. in China,
it is necessary to establish a vehicle low-speed crash test evaluation system suiting China’s situation according
to the regulations of other advanced countries. Some measures can be that: 1) recording vehicle makes and
models, crash types, road conditions, and traffic conditions during accident compensation; 2) based on the
records, determining key test parameters such as the crash speed, the overlap degree in a corner test, and the
barrier height; 3) developing hardware and software facilities for the evaluation system.

Key words: vehicle safety, low-speed crash, evaluation system, vehicle marketing, vehicle insurance, road and
traffic conditions