Road vehicles — Design and performance specifications for the WorldSID 50th percentile male side-impact dummy — Part 1: Terminology and rationale

ISO 15830-1:2005 provides the definitions, symbols and rationale used in all parts of ISO 15830for the WorldSID 50th percentile side impact dummy, a standard anthropomorphic dummy for side impact testing of road vehicles. It is applicable to impact tests involving:

• passenger vehicles of category M1 and goods vehicles of category N1,
• impacts to the side of the vehicle structure, and
• impact tests involving use of an anthropomorphic dummy as a human surrogate for purpose of evaluating compliance with vehicle safety standards.