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A new sensor system developed by Bosch aims to provide added safety for pedestrians and cyclists by way of an active impact protection system.

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The sensors and accompanying triggers are fitted to the front of a vehicle and are used to raise the vehicle’s bonnet to give a more efficient ‘deformation zone’, which cuts down on the risk of injury to pedestrians or cyclists on impact.

The central aim of the technology is to ensure that the front of the vehicle absorbs the majority of the forces from an impact, rather than the victim of the accident.

Commenting on the new systems, Bernd Hergert, Bosch’s head of the Occupant Safety Business Unit commented: “A significant achievement of Bosch EPP is the development of a system that is able to reliably detect, analyse and identify the impact of a human body and, where appropriate, activate the protective devices. Two vehicle models with the Bosch EPP system are now in series production and additional applications will follow soon.”

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The system was developed in response to the alarmingly high rate of deaths from vehicle impact, as highlighted by the EU ‘eSafety’ programme.

Across the EU, the level of traffic deaths due to impact was measured at 25 per cent in 2005 with a peak of 45 per cent in Japan.
 
 

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