Vehicle safety has become the most important issue in automobile design. However, all efforts to improve safety devices focus
on enhancing safety features for occupants. Notably, pedestrians are the second largest category of motor vehicle deaths,
after occupants, and account for about 13 percent of motor vehicle deaths. It is essential to design pedestrian-friendly vehicles
and pedestrian protection systems to reduce pedestrian fatalities and injuries. To effectively assess pedestrian injuries
resulting from vehicle impact, a deformable pedestrian model must be developed for vehicle-pedestrian collision analysis.
This study constructs a pedestrian-collision numerical model based on LS-DYNA finite element code. To verify the accuracy
of the proposed deformable pedestrian model, experimental data are used in the pedestrian model test. This study applies the
proposed model to analyze the dynamic responses and injuries of pedestrians involved in collisions. The modeled results can
help assess vehicle pedestrian friendliness and assist in the future development of pedestrian-friendly vehicle technologies.
Key Words Pedestrian - Deformable model - Injuries analysis - LS-DYNA