Abstract:

The new test protocol (Version 8.0) in 2014 by the Euro New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP)
has some important updatings for pedestrian upper leg impact. This paper compares the differences between
the new and old protocols, while analyzing the effect of these changes on pedestrian safety vehicle design.
Two different car models were evaluated using the old protocol and the new protocol. The influences were also
analyzed on different vehicle front end styling design, different vehicle packaging, and different vehicle bonnet
structure design. The results show that the new protocol has less limitation to vehicle front end styling design
but more requirements for the vehicle front end hard points packaging and the vehicle structure design. These
results can be used as guides for vehicle safety, packaging and styling design.

Key words: automotive safety, New Car Assessment Protocol (NCAP), Euro NCAP, pedestrian protection, upper leg impact, vehicle front end styling, vehilce front end hard point package