INSURERS REDUCING VEHICLE RISK
Repairability Working Group
Mission/Goal
- Establish standards for evaluating the repairability of vehicles in low and high-speed crashes
- Occupant safety and energy management in the repair scenario
- Review vehicle design collectively, incorporating knowledge and expertise of participating members to help in the following areas:
- Vehicle manufacturers need to understand the need for a consistent approach to ensure repairability is considered during vehicle design
- Based on global vehicle designs, repairability considerations should be based on the same premise
- Repairability options should incorporate a common sense approach that provides repairers worldwide with the ability to safely return a vehicle to pre-loss condition
- Repairability options should be based on prescribed training, tooling and expertise that can be applied on a global basis in car repair workshops
- Engage vehicle manufactures to pro-actively share knowledge and ideas to collectively develop repair options and alternatives
- Safe repairs and procedures including occupant safety, correct repair parts that could affect ADAS functioning in co-operation with the RCAR ADAS calibration Working Group
- Repair Methods involving high voltage systems and batteries
- Repair Methods involving gas tanks and pipes
Group Chair and Contact Information
Chairman: Francisco J. Alfonso Peña
Email:
Group Members
- AZT - Germany
- Centro Zaragoza - Spain
- CESVI - Argentina
- CESVI - Colombia
- CESVI - France
- CESVI - Mexico
- CESVIMAP - Spain
- CIRI - China
- IIHS/HLDI - USA
- JKC - Japan
- KART - Korea
- KTI - Germany
- State Farm - USA
- Allstate - USA
- Thatcham - UK
Published Papers
Current Work Activity
- Conducting needs analysis to determine if the RCAR Design Guide requires a re-write based on advanced vehicle technologies, systems and substrates
- Improve working relationships with industry partners (work in progress)