Analysis of electric scooter user kinematics after a crash against SUV.
The article presents the results of the analysis of electric scooter user kinematics after a crash against a vehicle. The share of electric scooters (e-scooters) in urban traffic has been growing in recent years. The number of road accidents involving e-scooters is also increasing. However, the safe...
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| author | Mariusz Ptak Fábio A O Fernandes Mateusz Dymek Christopher Welter Kacper Brodziński Leszek Chybowski |
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| description | The article presents the results of the analysis of electric scooter user kinematics after a crash against a vehicle. The share of electric scooters (e-scooters) in urban traffic has been growing in recent years. The number of road accidents involving e-scooters is also increasing. However, the safety situation of electric scooter users is insufficiently researched in terms of kinematics and injury outcomes. The article presents the importance of this problem based on an in-depth literature analysis of e-scooter-related types of accidents, injuries percentages, and helmet use. Subsequently, four accident scenarios were designed and simulated using two numerical codes-LS-DYNA for handling finite element (FE) code (the vehicle and scooter model) and MADYMO for multibody code (dummy model). Scenario one is a side bonnet crash that simulates an accident when the scooter drives into the side-front of the vehicle. The second and the third simulation is a side B-pillar crash, which was divided into two dummy's positions: the squat and up-right. The fourth simulation is a frontal impact. For each scenario, subsequent frames describing the dummy movement are presented. The after-impact kinematics for various scenarios were analyzed and discussed. The plots of the dummy's head linear acceleration and its magnitude for the analyzed scenarios were provided. As the study is devoted to increasing riders safety in this means of transportation, the potential directions for further research were indicated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e67c90a4c0a34b949af53825c65f9c432022-12-21T23:44:33ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-01171e026268210.1371/journal.pone.0262682Analysis of electric scooter user kinematics after a crash against SUV.Mariusz PtakFábio A O FernandesMateusz DymekChristopher WelterKacper BrodzińskiLeszek ChybowskiThe article presents the results of the analysis of electric scooter user kinematics after a crash against a vehicle. The share of electric scooters (e-scooters) in urban traffic has been growing in recent years. The number of road accidents involving e-scooters is also increasing. However, the safety situation of electric scooter users is insufficiently researched in terms of kinematics and injury outcomes. The article presents the importance of this problem based on an in-depth literature analysis of e-scooter-related types of accidents, injuries percentages, and helmet use. Subsequently, four accident scenarios were designed and simulated using two numerical codes-LS-DYNA for handling finite element (FE) code (the vehicle and scooter model) and MADYMO for multibody code (dummy model). Scenario one is a side bonnet crash that simulates an accident when the scooter drives into the side-front of the vehicle. The second and the third simulation is a side B-pillar crash, which was divided into two dummy's positions: the squat and up-right. The fourth simulation is a frontal impact. For each scenario, subsequent frames describing the dummy movement are presented. The after-impact kinematics for various scenarios were analyzed and discussed. The plots of the dummy's head linear acceleration and its magnitude for the analyzed scenarios were provided. As the study is devoted to increasing riders safety in this means of transportation, the potential directions for further research were indicated.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262682 |
| spellingShingle | Mariusz Ptak Fábio A O Fernandes Mateusz Dymek Christopher Welter Kacper Brodziński Leszek Chybowski Analysis of electric scooter user kinematics after a crash against SUV. PLoS ONE |
| title | Analysis of electric scooter user kinematics after a crash against SUV. |
| title_full | Analysis of electric scooter user kinematics after a crash against SUV. |
| title_fullStr | Analysis of electric scooter user kinematics after a crash against SUV. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of electric scooter user kinematics after a crash against SUV. |
| title_short | Analysis of electric scooter user kinematics after a crash against SUV. |
| title_sort | analysis of electric scooter user kinematics after a crash against suv |
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