Vehicle total safety performance application and method utilizing crash configuration information

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising combined safety system performance simulation and evaluation instructions stored in a memory and executed by a processor to carry out steps, the steps comprising:

• receiving first input related to expected states of a vehicle and another vehicle or object at impact event initiation for a plurality of cases with positions, orientations, and velocities as parameters used for impact event evaluation;
• receiving second input related to expected vehicle pre-crash occupant position and position excursion during a pre-impact event maneuver for at least a portion of the plurality of cases;
• and
• simulating an impact event for a simulation case of the plurality of cases using both the first input and the second input to improve the performance of a safety system of the vehicle with a combined effect from a collision avoidance feature and an injury prevention feature.

A system, comprising:

• memory storing vehicle simulation instructions executed by a processor for receiving first input related to expected states of a vehicle and another vehicle or object at impact event initiation for a plurality of cases with positions, orientations, and velocities as parameters used for impact event evaluation;
• the memory storing vehicle occupant simulation instructions executed by the processor for receiving second input related to expected vehicle pre-crash occupant position and position excursion during a pre-impact event maneuver for at least a portion of the plurality of cases;
• and
• the memory storing combined impact event simulation instructions executed by the processor for simulating an impact event for a simulation case of the plurality of cases using both the first input and the second input to improve the performance of a safety system of the vehicle with a combined effect from a collision avoidance feature and an injury prevention feature.