CAVA Safety

The direct safety of passengers and pedestrians plays an increasingly major role in the development of new vehicles. It is also approved by some "crash tests" on the real vehicle, based on regulations which are still relatively new. It is important for the designer to identify as early as possible within the CAD System those areas which have to be checked by means of crash tests. With regard to the protection of pedestrians, these include the bonnet and the windscreen, and certain areas in the interior of the vehicle in the case of head impact. The size and position on these areas depends on the vehicle parameters but also on the vehicle geometry in particular.