Postprocessing of the 2020 EU-NCAP Frontal Impact Test in META

New cars are continuously becoming safer thanks to improvements in crash test regulations and standards. Currently crash test regulations and standards assess the safety performance of vehicles in frontal impacts under the precondition that the vehicle’s supporting structure is hit in such a way that the crumple zone absorbs energy during the crash. The General German Automobile Club (ADAC) accident research data shows, however, that in a car-to-car impact, the vehicle’s supporting structures might not hit in the same way as in the standard frontal impact tests. In these cases, the crumble zone of the vehicle cannot be fully utilized and this can lead to severe injuries. In 2010, the ADAC introduced a new test to assess the compatibility of vehicles in a car-to-car impact. In this test, a special honeycomb-shaped barrier is used, and its surface is scanned for evaluation after the test. This test with a progressive deformable barrier was named ADAC compatibility test or MPDB test.