020-9905 User Manual Q3 (Advanced 3 year old child) Rev G Page 7 of 82
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1. Introduction
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, TNO and others developed the P-dummies, a series of
child dummies that covers almost the complete child population up to 12 years. The P-
series dummies are still test tools for the European regulation ECE-R44 and are also
adopted by many other standards.
In 1993 the International Child Dummy Working Group started the development of a new
series of child dummies as a successor to the P-series. This new series was called the Q-
series. Part of the development and evaluation of the Q-dummies took place within
European Research programs like CREST
1
, CHILD
2
, CASPER
3
and EPOCh
4
all aiming at
improving child safety in cars. As of December 2011 the series is available in five age
groups, representing a Newborn, 1 year, 1½ year, 3 year, 6 year and 10 year old child.
Nowadays members of this Q family are applied in UNECE Regulation R129 which became
effective per January 2013. Also various consumer rating programs world-wide apply Q
dummies.
Humanetics reserves the right to make improvements or implement changes to the
dummy, the certification or the user manual if this is deemed necessary. We will of course
inform our customers of any changes or modifications should they occur.
Figure 1.
Q0 – Q6 dummies: from left to right Q1.5, Q3, Q0, Q6 and Q1
1
CREST. “Child Restraint System for Cars”, EC-contract number C-RTD SMT4-CT95-2019.
2
CHILD. “Child Injury Led Design”, EC-contract number G3RD-CT-2002-0079
3
CASPER. “Child Advanced Safety Project for European Roads”, EC Grant Agreement 218564.
4
EPOCh. “Enabling Protection for Older Children”, EC Grant Agreement 218744
