Table 28         Proposed Tolerance Levels For The Thorax Internal Injury Criterion

Injury Level

Injury Criteria Level

Equivalent AIS

Equivalent

Legislation

Equivalent EuroNCAP

Frontal

Equivalent EuroNCAP

Side

Injuries To Internal Organs

V*C

M/S

-

-

-

-

0

(No Injury)

0.5

0

-

<0.5 – Green

<0.32 – Green

1

(Very Minor Contusion)

0.75

1

-

<0.67 – Yellow

<0.55 – Yellow

2

(Minor Lacerations)

1

2-3

1 m/s

96/79/EC

<0.83 –Orange

<1.00 -Brown

<0.77 – 0range

<1.00 - Brown

3

(Major Lacerations)

1.5

4-5

-

>1.00 - Red

>1.00 - Red

4

Potentially Non-Survivable

1.8

6

-

-

-