Objective Across most of Europe, children under 3 years must use an appropriate child restraint in any vehicle. If seat belts are fitted, the law now also requires children up to the age of 12 years or up to 150 cm in height to use an appropriate child restraint. Child restraints sold in the EU must conform to UNECE Regulation 44. To date, the regulations in this field have relied on the P series child dummies as restraint loading devices. The CREST and CHILD projects worked on the development of the “Q” series dummies. The NPACS programme specifies the use of the Q dummies and is unable to provide an assessment for children over the age of 6 years as there is currently no appropriate 10/12 year dummy. The Q series could be considered for Regulatory testing if the family included a 10/12 year old dummy. The EPOCh project aims to develop a prototype 10/12 year old dummy. The project will extend the NPACS testing and rating protocols to include child restraints for older children and will make proposals for the assessment of child restraints in ECE Regulation 44 if the Q series replace the P series in the future. Fields of science social scienceslaw Keywords child safety consumer testing dummy development older children regulations testing tools Programme(s) FP7-TRANSPORT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) Topic(s) SST-2007-4.1-01 - Safety and security by design Call for proposal FP7-SST-2007-RTD-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project Coordinator TRL LIMITED EU contribution € 654 520,00 Address CROWTHORNE HOUSE NINE MILE RIDE RG40 3GA WOKINGHAM United Kingdom See on map Region South East (England) Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Berkshire Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Maria Mcgrath (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FIRST TECHNOLOGY SAFETY SYSTEMS (EUROPE) Participation ended Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Kleveringweg 6-8 2600JA DELFT See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Paul Lemmen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data IDIADA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY SA Spain EU contribution € 239 670,00 Address L ALBORNAR 43710 Santa Oliva See on map Region Este Cataluña Tarragona Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Victoria Domingo (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF SURREY United Kingdom EU contribution € 106 500,00 Address Stag Hill GU2 7XH Guildford See on map Region South East (England) Surrey, East and West Sussex West Surrey Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sue Angulatta (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Dorel Netherlands (a trade name of Maxi Miliaan B.V.) Netherlands EU contribution € 96 066,00 Address Korendijk 5 5704 RD Helmond See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Jozef Brands (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HUMANETICS EUROPE GMBH Germany EU contribution € 303 244,00 Address IM BREITSPIEL 6 69126 Heidelberg See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Heidelberg, Stadtkreis Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Paul Lemmen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
