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Once again this year, the course for the public appointment of road traffic accident experts took place at the CTS crashtest site. In addition to Stephan Schal from the EVU (European Association for Accident Research and Analysis), top-class speakers such as Annika Kortmann, Robert Dietrich and Dr. Tim Hoger from Schimmelpfennig + Becke were invited, as well as Wolfgang Hugemann from Ingenieurbüro Hugemann.

Of course, a crashtest was also carried out at the 2-day event, which helped to clarify a current case.

If you need a test at short notice for Intersec in Dubai (16.-18.01.2024), please contact us. We will do everything possible to find a suitable date for your crash test!

As an accredited test laboratory we carry out impact tests in accordance with EN1317, MASH, ISO 22343-1, BSI PAS 170-1, ASTM F2656/F2656M, EN12767 also for Indian customers. Please do not to hesitate to contact us and ask for our PAN.

Of course we can also talk to each other in Dubai at Intersec. You are welcome to contact us for this:

https://www.crashtest-service.com/en/crash-tests/standard-crash-tests/

For several years now, CTS has been offering MASH 2016 tests from the small Small Car (1100C) and Pickup Truck (2270P), as well as a Single-Unit Van Truck (10000S) to the large Tractor/Van Trailer (36000V).

You can find our successfully tested vehicle restraint systems under the following link on the FHWA homepage:

FHWA

Do you also have vehicle restraint systems that you would like to market internationally? Please feel free to contact us:

Homepage

This study examines vehicle restraint systems and their components in detail with regard to their potential hazard to MTWV riders. The focus is particularly on sharp-edged construction parts that can reach MTWV riders during an accident whether the rider is still sitting on the MTWV, is sliding on the ground or is airborne.

To the report

https://bast.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/2813

To the documentation

https://www.bast.de/DE/Verkehrstechnik/Qualitaetsbewertung/Qualitaetsbewertung_node.html

To the videos

https://www.youtube.com/@BASt-Videos

In the event of a collision the driver has to be protected from the steering equipment. The Black Tuffy is the test device for such tests. It complies with the following standards:

ECE R12 Standard, SAE J944, FMVSS203

In addition to the PRIMUS Biofidelic-Dummy, CTS has also been a manufacturer of the Body Block for testing steering systems for 5 years now. Our dummies are shipped worldwide and are an important part of vehicle safety development.

CTS now offers the following new test procedure:

ISO 22343-1 “Security and resilience - Vehicle security barriers - Part 1: Performance requirement, vehicle impact test method and performance rating”

IWA 14-1:2013 will be replaced by ISO 22343-1:2023 and PAS 68:2013 will only be offered upon explicit customer request.

CTS was involved in the development of the new standard and will be offering tests according to the new international standard from October 2023.

Please feel free to contact us to have your products tested this year so that you can use your product, for example. at Intersec on the 16^th.-18^th. January 2024 in Dubai.

At the same time, ISO 22343-2 “Security and resilience - Vehicle security barriers – Part 2: Application” was published and replaces IWA 14-2:2013.

A series of laboratory scale tests using the Crew Compartment Underbody Blast Simulator (CCUBS) were conducted at the Occupant Protection Laboratory (OPL) at Selfridge ANGB, MI. The tests were designed to compare the responses of a PRIMUS dummy to a Warrior Injury Assessment Manikin (WIAMan) Anthropomorphic Test Device (ATD)...

For publication by Craig Foster:

Full Report

The company CTS Crashtest-Service from Münster has invented an artificial chicken. It is used in bird strike experiments - to protect life.

By Andrea Walter

It looks and feels like a chicken about to end up in a cooking pot: a bit soft, without feathers, a plastic skeleton shimmers through the silicone. Peter Schimmelpfennig and Mirko Dobberstein from CTS Crashtest Service worked on this artificial bird for a long time. It must be lifelike to be approved for bird strike experiments. That's why every chicken produced here has the same weight: 1.8 kilograms, that's the rule.

Real chickens for bird strike experiments

What hardly anyone knows: To this day, real chickens are used in the aviation industry for the prescribed bird strike tests, for example on engines. They are killed just before the attempt but must not be dead for more than 40 minutes or rigor mortis sets in and that would falsify the attempt.

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To the video documentation

Car vs. semi-trailer with fatal consequences for the occupants

As part of a conference for insurers, the crash team led by Ralf Bührmann and Kai Schulte carried out a high-speed crash test with fatal consequences for the occupants.

Due to the collision with the trailer, the entire body of the car was sheared off. Since the rear underride guard, but especially the side underride guard, are almost ineffective, there is no chance of survival for the occupants in these accidents, which are constantly recurring all over the world.

Retrofittable effective rear underride protection

www.hs-schoch.de

Overall safety concept for semi-trailers: Safeliner

www.vda.de

Organisation to raise awareness of the need for underride protection systems:

www.stopunderrides.org

At the practical conference on pedestrian protection organised by carhs and BGS, the BAST (Federal Highway Research Institute) carried out a reconstruction of a cyclist accident using a PRIMUS breakable biofidelic dummy. This was a crashtest that had already been carried out before with a classic ATD. After the test, the dummy was cut open by Dr Dobberstein, inspected and examined for damage indicative of injuries to a real person. Although the moderate damage to the dummy indicates serious injuries, it also shows how well pedestrian protection measures can work even in an older vehicle.

According to the general circular "Straßenbau Nr. 23/2022 vom 14. Dezember 2022 des Bundesministeriums für Digitales und Verkehr aus dem Sachgebiet 07.3", it is possible for CTS to carry out tests according to the TL-Leitbaken and TL-Leitlemente for a transitional period until 31 December 2025. This is based on the already existing accreditation according to EN 1317 and EN 12767 until the testing procedure with the complete range of services is included in our scope.

You can find ARS 23/2022 at: https://www.fgsv-verlag.de/pub/media/pdf/ARS_23_2022_vom_14122022.pdf

At the 3. Dummy.Crashtest.Conference taking place from 20.06.-21.06.23 you can again look forward to a wide range of spectacular crash tests:

1. Frontal collision Ernst barrier/car (with THOR and PRIMUS dummy + xsensor mat)

2. Plane crash based on NASA test setup with PRIMUS dummy

3. Truck changing lane using driving robots from Kistler and then crashing into the end of the traffic jam

4. Car crash test against moving biofidelic dummy (Comparison to Euro NCAP pedestrian test)

Participation only on site. Lectures will be simultaneously translated into English.

Register now quickly

CTS starts the new year with the 3rd Dummy.Crashtest.Conference.

You can look forward to spectacular crash tests and, of course, to a varied program of presentations. In addition to presentations from the automotive industry, aerospace and research institutions, Mr. Lucian Beck from the Mellrichstadt ballistics office will report on explosive tests of specially protected vehicles according to the new VPAM-ERV version 3 with the biofidelic dummy.

Participation only on site. Lectures will be simultaneously translated into English.

Register now

After the first live demonstration of a biofidelic dummy in the USA in Las Vegas at the ARC-CSI Crash Conference in 2017, 2 dummies from the current PRIMUS breakable series will be crashed again and subsequently by Dr. Michael Weyde autopsied live. In addition, Mr. Peter Schimmelpfennig will give a lecture on injury reconstruction with biofidelic dummies.

At the Kistler booth, you can see not only the latest measurement technology, but also a biofidelic dummy and discuss your projects with Jim Davidson, Michael Weyde and Peter Schimmelpfennig.

You need a crash test and the associated data for the preparation of an accident analysis report?

We are not only fast and precise in tuning, but also there is almost no limit to the speeds.

Do you need this test as a visual comparison? This high-speed crash test and almost 10,000 other crash tests are available for download here.

The updated CTS Vehicle Security Barrier List (VSB_List) is now available for download.

The VSB List provides information about vehicle security barriers that have been successfully tested by us and serves as a basis for your decision, to find the right product for your needs and application. DIN SPEC 91414-1 has been added as a new test method.

Already now you can look forward to the next update, where several barriers from India, Netherlands, Ukraine, Turkey and Germany will be added.

The VSB-List can be downloaded here.

Based on the 50% validated male dummy, the PRIMUS biofidelic dummy can now also be brought to a body weight of up to 150 kg. A female dummy variant based on the 50% male model is also available.

Do you want a customized crash test dummy? Talk to us!

On January 20th, 2023, the company Schimmelpfennig + Becke GmbH & Co KG carried out extensive driving tests to determine the required torques when steering vehicles at different speeds on the test area. In addition to the usual video and speed documentation, our partner Kistler provided the measurement technology for recording the torque and the steering angle. The measurement results obtained by the high-resolution measurement technology in the vehicles enabled a clear answer to the evidence questions asked by the court.

The biofidelic dummy object (PRIMUS Breakable) of AFUS GmbH. The project of AFUS Research Company was developed in close cooperation with EDAG Engineering, Crashtest-Service and the University of Applied Sciences Dresden.

Experimental crash tests are very expensive an time-consuming, therefore the demand for simulation models based on the finite elemend method is increasing strongly. The developement team at AFUS is also facing the new challanges of converting the Biofidelic-Dummy into a simulation model.

More information and details can be found in the object page of Impetus MARKET.

CTS is looking forward to a series of e-bike crash tests from AXA / Winterthur, which you can find in our web shop at the start of the new year. You will also find tests on the subject of motorcycle and car crash tests, which are available for download along with the measurement data.