Three action items were discussed:

Under action item A-2-01, the UK DfT provided some information from EEVC WG10 and WG17. These papers are the reports of EEVC on which many pedestrian protection activities are based. The chair noted that there is also some further information from EEVC WG7. All these EEVC papers are dated before 1998. It appeared that no further conclusions for this group can be drawn from these documents. Action item A-2-01 was closed.

NHTSA presented a broad overview of their pedestrian protection activities in the USA (document GTR9-4-19). For pedestrian legform tests, NHTSA pointed out the need of the assessment of benefit, injury reduction, costs, feasibility and applicability especially with respect to the US vehicle fleet. As regards the FlexPLI the aspects of biofidelity, durability, repeatability, reproducibility, injury criteria, certifications and specifications are of high interest. NHTSA raised several questions in their overview. The chair stated that many of these issues are covered by the workplan of this group (repeatability, durability injury criteria, certification etc.). But some (e. g. upper body mass) are not within the scope of this group. NHTSA also emphasized that a clear cost-benefit analysis has a high priority for their rule making procedure. NHTSA promised to circulate the report of their research project on this issue by mid October 2012. Action item A2-03 was modified accordingly and was kept open.

BASt presented a collection of GIDAS data (document GTR9-4-16, see action A-3-01) to show the relevance of pedestrian leg injuries. The study is based on findings of the Technical University of Dresden (Germany). Around 30% of the identified pedestrian injuries are lower extremity injuries. Around 66% of the lower extremity injuries are lower leg injuries (42%) or knee injuries (24%). 34% of all AIS2+ pedestrian injuries (caused by vehicle parts) are lower extremity injuries and are caused by the bumper in accidents of cars with < 2500 kg gross vehicle mass and up to 40 km/h impact speed.

NHTSA asked whether the study allows conclusions for heavier cars. The Alliance asked for information on the data acquisition period. BASt was requested to provide the information as action item A-4-04.

During the meeting BASt submitted a revised version of their document (document GTR9-4-16r1) which answered the questions above. The data was collected from 1999 to 2005. 19% of all pedestrian injuries (caused by vehicle parts) are lower extremity injuries and are caused by the bumper in accidents of M1 vehicles above 2500 kg GVM. 2.5% of all pedestrian injuries (caused by vehicle parts) are lower extremity injuries and are caused by the bumper in accidents of N1 vehicles above 2500 kg GVM. In addition, BASt provided the internet link to the Dresden study. The group agreed to close action items A-3-01 and A-4-04.

The Alliance reported about FlexPLI tests against a test rig performed by USCAR (United States Council for automotive Research, document GTR9-4-21). The test rig can be modified to illustrate different bumper designs. New test series with the FlexPLI and with the EEVC LFI are planned. USCAR will inform about the test results in due time.