Euro-Pole

additional side collision in accordance with EuroNCAP: European New Car Assessment Program is carried out on vehicles with side head airbags
"POLE" simulates column-shaped obstacles, for example, a tree or light pole

prerequisite:  vehicle reached full score subsequent to a side collision in the head safety area
vehicle on a sled is smashed sideways against a vertically standing pole
speed:  29 km/h (+/- 0.5 km/h)
vehicle hits sideways against a fixed standing pole with a diameter of 254 mm (+/- 0.3)

crash focus is the head area of a EuroSID-2 dummy in the driver's seat

evaluation:  passenger values (head, chest, abdomen, pelvis), survival space