Pedestrian Test Protocol - Euro NCAP

Version 7.0
March 2013
Figure 20: Windscreen periphery measurement
165mm
4.2 Unpredictable Grid Locations
4.2.1 Where certain structures are such that the protection offered by particular grid points
is unpredictable, those grid points may be coloured blue in the predicted data.
4.2.2 Those areas of the vehicle that may contain blue grid points are limited to the
following structures:
• Plastic scuttle
• Windscreen wiper arms and windscreen base
• Headlamp glazing
• Break-away structures
4.2.3 Where blue points are identified, the vehicle manufacturer must provide test results
and/or CAE modelling as justification to show the unpredictable performance of the
location(s).
4.2.4 Blue points, either singly or grouped together in pairs, will form a blue zone.
4.2.5 Where there are two grid points in a zone they must be adjacent (longitudinally,
laterally and diagonally) to each other. A maximum of eight zones may be blue over
the entire headform impact area.
4.2.6 The laboratory will choose one blue point to assess each zone. Symmetry may be
applied.
4.2.7 The test results of blue points will be applied to the grid point(s) in each zone. The
colour of each tested blue point will be changed from blue to the colour corresponding
to the HIC15 measured.
4.2.8 Blue point tests will not be used in the random selection of verification tests, see
Section 5, and the correction factor calculation.
4.3 Absence of Manufacturer Data
4.3.1 Where predicted data is NOT provided by the vehicle manufacturer, the vehicle
sponsor may chose for ALL grid points to be tested by the Euro NCAP laboratory.
4.3.2 Alternatively, test points will be selected on a worst case performance basis.
4.3.2.1 The bonnet marking and point selection for all impactors will follow that outlined in
the Euro NCAP Pedestrian Testing Protocol version 5.3.1, November 2011.
4.3.2.2 The latest impactors will be used which are specified in Section 12.
4.3.2.3 The latest performance criteria (HIC650-1700) will be applied; details of the criteria
are contained in the assessment protocol.
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