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This years’ ARC-CSI Crash Conference in Nevada provided the opportunity for Dipl.-Ing. Peter Schimmelpfennig together with Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Kunze (engineering office Priester & Weyde) to present the new Biofidelic Crash Tests Dummy in the scope of a specialist lecture on personal injury in road traffic. The German Biofidelic Crash Test Dummies were subjected to crash tests live and on site in order to demonstrate the special characteristics of the Dummies. A further highlight of the three day Crash Conference was, among other things, the self-driven implemented crash tests from William –Rusty- Haight. CTS are already excited to welcome Rusty and Michael DiTallo at the coming expert seminar here in Münster.

Last week CTS was guest at “Vision Zero” in Warsaw (Poland).

12 vehicles, 3 dummies, 2 motorcycles, 1 bicycle and over 130 participants. That is the result of the 6th Expert Seminar and the 3rd Crash Day 2017. As accustomed the Crash Day was characterised by practical crash tests. Alongside exclusive Biofidelic Crash Test Dummy tests, various motorcycle-passenger car-collisions, passenger car-SUV-collisions and many others, there was a high speed crossroads-collision crash test to end the first seminar day in the well-known CTS style. At the following 6th Expert Seminar, the focus was on interesting lectures in the area of accident reconstruction. Referents from various fields provided insights on current topics in accident reconstruction.

Additionally, CTS was delighted to officially open the new Biofidelic Crash Test Dummy Laboratory. In cooperation with HTW Dresden and TU Berlin (Prof. Dr. Hannawald, Dr. Weyde, Prof. Dr. Kramer) the established laboratory has been specifically designed for the construction and reparation of Biofidelic Crash Test Dummies. Thus, the seminar participants became the opportunity together with the Dummy Laboratory manager Dr. Gerrit Reglitz to gain exclusive insights in the construction and the production of the new Biofidelic Crash Test Dummies. 

Some of the newly developed Biofidelic-crash test Dummies have returned to repair after their external use. Not only were they subjected to crash tests for accident reconstruction purposes, but they also had to withstand impact tests. In order to give an insight into the production and reparation of the Biofidelic-crash test Dummies, the new and specially designed dummy laboratory will be officially opened as part of the 3rd Crash Day and 6th Experts' Seminar on 14th and 15th September 2017 at CTS.

Last week, the crash test facility in MS-Wolbeck had visitors from the Porsche Club Monasteria e.V. The evening was a special experience which began with a company tour followed by a presentation by Dipl.-Ing. Peter Schimmelpfennig on current test areas of CTS.

Last week, around 20 members of the Coatings Motor Club from Münster visited the crash test facility in MS-Wolbeck. As part of the company visit, the participants were able to follow a lecture presented by Dipl.-Ing. Peter Schimmelpfennig on current test areas of CTS. The evening was rounded off with a high-speed crash test. The vehicles of the participants remained, of course, undamaged. 

Where normally vehicles are crashed or traffic restraint systems are being tested, last Monday evening, the dog handler team of the Münster police trained. They used the complete crash test facility for a guard dog exercise. Dogs and dog handlers had the possibility to recreate various scenarios under real conditions and to train undisturbed. For the duration of the exercise, the crash test facility was completely closed off, so that the police dogs search exercise could be run as realistic as possible.

After the last summer celebration of the CTS workforce with their families and friends took place almost two years ago, this time was celebrated all the more. More than 150 people were offered an exciting afternoon. Bouncy castle, wheel of fortune, cherry picker rides and entertaining lectures were the focus of the afternoon. Of course, this year too, following a good CTS tradition, there was a high-speed crash test. Another highlight was provided by the fire brigade, which was specifically designed to simulate a vehicle occupancy rescue with the help of the vehicles that had just been crashed. Additionally, under the supervision of test manager Ralf Bührmann, another crash test vehicle was made available, which could be used for own experimentation and be demolished at heart’s desire. We are already looking forward to the next time! 

These individually custom-made Biofidelic-crash test dummies are intended, in this particular case, for the use in explosive tests. Our new colleagues are though very flexible in terms of their application. For both accident reconstruction and industrial tests, a wide selection of Biofidelic-crash test dummies is always available ready on the starting blocks. If you too would like to buy or rent a Biofidelic-crash test dummy, please do not hesitate to contact us for details!

Under the direction of Dr. Möhler, around 20 students from TU Aachen visited the crash test facility this week. Within the scope of the company visit, the students were able to follow a presentation by Dipl. Ing Peter Schimmelpfennig on current test areas of CTS. Dr. rer. nat. Ingo Holtkötter also gave a talk on the possibilities of electronic manipulation of vehicles and electric data evaluation. The afternoon was rounded off with a high speed crash test, which the students were able to watch live from the secure spectators stand.

Currently in the CTS-crash test database are almost 40 new crash tests from AXA Switzerland. AXA has reconstructed a wide variety of different impulse and collision situations, e.g. pedestrian collisions, cross-road collisions, rear-end collisions and many more. These crash tests are available for download.

The new cost-effective dummy – exclusively available at CTS

In times of modern accident reconstruction, dummies are frequently used in crash tests.In the case of a precise reconstruction of motion sequences, damages or injuries, the Biofidelic Dummy should be used in the future. These Biofidelic Dummies are constantly developed in cooperation with TU Berlin and are produced according to the latest state of the art technology in a specially designed dummy laboratory at CTS.

For the first time, CTS was represented at one of the largest and most important trade exhibitions for road safety in Shanghai. The focus of the first talks were, in particular, on road traffic restraint systems such as safety barriers and road blockers.

At the end of March, CTS were pleased to welcome more than 100 participants at the Traffic Specialist Lawyers’ Seminar. The Seminar, now for the sixth time, offered a broad spectrum on interesting lectures, inter alia, on themes such as manipulation, theft, rear impact collisions and various administrative offenses. The seminar was traditionally concluded with a high-speed crash test.

Following this successful start into the seminar season 2017, the Insurance Seminar in cooperation with Accidenta GmbH was held on 07.04.2017. Once again, almost 100 participants from the insurance industry were able to attend lectures on current topics in the area of accident reconstruction. In addition to a rear impact collision before the lunch break, participants were once again offered a spectacular crash test to round off the seminar.

At the beginning of March, crashtest-service was again present at the German Road Supplier Day in Cologne. On the exhibition stand, interested parties were given the opportunity to gain an insight into CTS's service portfolio. In particular, accredited crash tests for vehicle restraint systems were the main focus.

In the middle of March, CTS welcomed students from the German Police College once again to the company premises. The 20 participants were given the opportunity to attend a crash test in combination with a visit to the crash facility. In addition to a lecture given by Dipl.-Ing. Peter Schimmelpfennig on current test areas of CTS, Stefan Theil also presented some aspects from the field of accident reconstruction. The afternoon was rounded off by Dr. rer. Nat. Ingo Holtkötter, who reported on the manipulation of vehicles.

The year is drawing to an end and we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the trust you have placed in us and the valuable cooperation.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year.

It exploded, crashed and burnt on the crash test facility of CTS in Münster. Where vehicles in a controlled manner usually are crashed, this time the facility of crashtest-service was served as a setting for film and television. Under supervision of the fire brigade, a vehicle was blown up for a cinema production. A team of about 20 persons, consisting of cameramen, directors, actors and stuntmen rented the crash facility completely for the time of the shooting.

HS-Schoch tested in the previous weeks a prototype of a rear underride guard on the crash test facility in Münster. The primary development goal is to save lives. When a vehicle rear-end collides with a semi-trailer, with speeds over 40 km/h are the chances of survival for the vehicles occupants virtually next to none. The new rear underride guard from HS-Schoch offers significantly more protection in comparison to conventional systems. With this new system, minor injuries of the occupants in modern vehicles can be expected as a result of impact speeds of 65 km/h. This was confirmed through crash tests carried out at CTS. The rear underride guard was presented at this years’ IAA in Frankfurt. Details of this prototype including crash test videos can be found on the Homepage von HS-Schoch.

Construction work for a third test track on the crash test area of CTS is currently well underway. In particular within the accredited area of CTS, is therefore further flexibility in the crash test organisation possible. For this reason, as of February 2017, an additional acceleration track over 100m long will be available for crash tests (in particularly for traffic restraint systems).