Advanced Passive Safety Network

Specific objectives of this Network are:

• To create a permanent organisation (virtual centre of excellence) in the field of passive safety including the link with pre-crash and post-crash issues for road transport at European level,
• To further integrate research activities at European, national and regional level to overcome duplication of research efforts and system (over)complexity, in the form of a virtual institute also investigating new ways for interactive working between research teams, i.e. enhanced electronic information & communication networks, new research platforms, sharing research facilities,
• To provide a platform for knowledge brokering where users and providers are brought together for knowledge transfer,
• To establish links with initiatives in neighbouring fields of interests like active vehicle safety, road infrastructure, railway safety and aircraft safety,
• To identify white spots and initiate new RTD projects in the areas of, among others, restraint systems, materials, biomechanics and computer simulation.

Expected outcome

Creation of a permanent organisation (virtual centre of excellence) in the field of passive safety for road transport at European level; programme for jointly executed research for road vehicle safety (including links with pedestrians and infrastructure); creation of research facilities and platforms; dissemination and communication of research results.

Official website: http://www.passivesafety.com

Technical University Berlin (TUB) is the leader of Objective 3 (Knowledge generation and sharing) and responsible for the development and start of a coordinated programme for knowledge.