Principal Investigator: Maitland Witmer, MSE, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (PhD student)  
Faculty Investigator: Valentina Graci, PhD, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Starting September 2029, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will require Pedestrian Automatic Emergency Braking (PAEB) in all new vehicles. Prior PAEB research has shown that children are challenging to detect and avoid, and teens are more likely to engage in risky behavior such as walking distracted or crossing before checking for traffic. This study aims to identify the PAEB acceleration pulses that minimize injury risk for child, teen, and young adult pedestrians struck by motor vehicles when the PAEB technology does not avoid the collision.