Research Consortium for Crashworthiness in Automated Driving Systems (RCCADS)

TRC Inc. is currently leading a consortium of government agencies, automotive manufacturers, and suppliers to develop a foundation of research to inform the development of safety validation methods and tools for automated vehicles, focusing on occupant protection and crashworthiness.

The Research Consortium for Crashworthiness in Automated Driving Systems known as the RCCADS consortium is a collaborative research effort that engages all stakeholders, including industry, government, and academia to help ensure that as vehicles become smarter, they will also be safer. To this end, RCCADS research projects are selected and funded by consortium members and are completed by a pool of qualified research and development institutions, including universities and research and testing companies.

• Download the RCCADS Brochure (.pdf)
• Download the RCCADS Presentation (.pptx)

For more information about RCCADS, including how to become a member or how to bid on RCCADS projects, please reach out to:

• Laura Watkins
• Ron Burton

2021 RCCADS Workshop Presentations

• Forman - Modifications To The THOR 50M For Improved Usability In Reclined Postures
• Gayzik - Characterization Of Subcutaneous Pelvic Adipose Tissue
• Hagedorn - Biofidelity Assessment Of THOR 50M And Hybrid III 50Th Atds In Rear Facing Rigid Seat
• Kang - PMHS Biomechanical Responses And Injury Mechanisms In Rear Facing Rigid Seat Tests
• Kinsky - Anthropomorphic Test Devices For Automated Vehicles
• Maheshwari - Pediatric Occupant Human Body Model Kinematic And Kinetic Response Variation
• Moreau - A Methodology To Replicate Lap Belt Loading Conditions From A Sled Test
• Ostling - Will New Seating Positions Require New Occupant Restraints
• Zaseck - Preliminary Observations Of Human Surrogate Response In Forward Facing Reclined Seats

2022 RCCADS Workshop Presentations

• 2022 RCCADS Workshop Program
• RCCADS Overview
• Beillas - Reclined Seating Postural Variations and Associated Risk
• Eggers - Validation Procedure for a Vehicle Environment Model to be Used for HBM
• Kerrigan - Comparison of Risk Prediction in Reclined Frontal Crashes, Hybrid III v. Thor
• Leitgeb - Result Overview of the EU Project OSCCAR

2023 RCCADS Workshop Presentations

• 2023 RCCADS Workshop Program
• RCCADS Overview
• Forman - Update on Refinements to THOR to Improve Usability and Biofidelity in Diverse Seating Postures
• Cronin - Hard Tissue Fracture Assessment in Human Body Models
• Kang - Pelvic Responses and Injuries to Male PMHS in Rear-Facing Seat Configurations in High-Speed Frontal Impact
• Kang - PMHS Responses and Injuries in a Homogeneous Rear-Facing Seat Condition at a High-Speed Frontal Impact