Future crashworthiness programs
IIHS is currently developing new procedures for the side test and the moderate overlap front test. This page contains information on the development of these tests and is intended to help manufacturers and testing houses understand future evaluations.
Access our current and past protocols here.
Side impact evaluation 2.0 DRAFT protocols
Test protocol
- Side impact test protocol 2.0 | Draft (April 2020)
Rating protocol — coming fall 2020
Miscellaneous
- Side impact barrier specification 2.0 | draft (May 2020)
- Side impact 2.0 barrier development (April 2020)
- Cart technical drawing package — coming summer 2020
- Technical paper on the development of the new side impact test — coming summer 2020
Moderate overlap front evaluation 2.0 DRAFT protocols
Test protocol
- Moderate overlap frontal crashworthiness evaluation crash test protocol for front and rear occupants Version I | Draft (April 2020)
Rating protocol — coming late 2020
Miscellaneous
- Development of a crashworthiness evaluation program for rear-seated occupants in frontal crashes — presentation at 2020 SAE government/industry meeting
Dummy positioning
- Dummy seating procedure for rear outboard positions Version II | draft (April 2020); procedure for properly positioning rear-seat dummies in moderate overlap and side impact crash tests
- Guidelines for using the UMTRI ATD positioning procedure for ATD and seat positioning Version VI; procedure for properly positioning driver dummies in frontal offset and side impact crash tests — coming soon