Motorcycle insurance – Ranking of motorcycle helmets according to their score in the new Certimoov crash test –

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Ranking of motorcycle helmets according to their score in the new Certimoov crash test

Motorcycle insurance - Ranking of motorcycle helmets according to their score in the new Certimoov crash test -

La Mutuelle des Motards is preparing to publish on the Certimoov site a ranking of 22 motorcycle helmets with a score of 0 to 5, according to the results obtained in a new "more realistic" test developed with the iCube laboratory… Explanations.

Which motorcycle helmet resists impact the best? A little more patience: the Mutuelle des Motards and the Laboratory of Engineering Sciences, Computing and Imaging of the University of Strasbourg (iCube) are preparing to unveil the results of a series of crash tests carried out according to a new method announced as "more realistic".

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This ranking of the best motorcycle helmets (and the worst!), All approved, will soon be available on the site, a site purchased on September 7, 2018 by the motorcycle insurer who is taking over the project launched by the Maif in 2014.

"Until now, the helmet homologation tests only took into account the consequences of orthogonal (at right angles, Editor’s note) and vertical shocks", notes the Mutual, or "accidents where you fall directly on the above the head are extremely rare! "

"Independent and uncompromising tests"

This summer, the insurer therefore tested 22 motorcycle helmets (and 32 bicycle helmets) on a new bench which measures "the deformation of the helmet during oblique impacts (the most frequent in motorcycle accidents)", coupled with a tool data acquisition. "After a series of 18 impacts for each model at different angles and speeds, a list of helmets with the best level of protection was established", announces the Mutual..

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For each helmet, a score "ranging from 0 to 5" should allow bikers to make their choice more easily thanks to measures "more realistic than those taken into account by the current European standard, with a more precise estimate of the risk of injury. to the brain ", estimates the Mutual of Motards which promises tests" independent and without concessions ".

We remember that in 2015, according to the Maif who had tested twelve, the were the Shoei GT-Air with a score of 17/20, the HJC FG-17 (16.5 / 20) and the Arai Axces II ( 15.5 / 20).

Certimoov is getting closer to the British motorcycle helmet rating system Safety Helmet Assessment and Rating Program (Sharp) which has existed since 2007. "This labeling aims to improve consumer information and advance safety," noted the Maif there is four years old, considering that it would be "good to follow this example".

Old biker than ever

Twelve years behind the English, Certimoov seems to be following this path. Old biker than ever !

The method should then be extended "to all personal protective equipment" so that bikers – and industrialists – can find their way more easily in the. "The objective is to inform consumers about the level of protection of the equipment they buy and this also gives manufacturers the means to optimize their protection systems", summarizes Remy Villinger, researcher at iCube..

In the longer term, the objective of the Mutuelle des motards is "to organize test campaigns on other types of safety equipment and, potentially, to change the standards so that they incorporate the same types of safety equipment. approach that Certimoov in their method ".

To be continued next week on MNC: stay tuned !

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