Almost two-thirs of the 1.2 million people killed in road traffic crashes worldwide are pedestrians . Despite the magnitude of the problem, most attempts at reducing pedestrian deaths have focused solely on education and traffic regulation. However, in recent years crash engineers have begun to use design principles that have proved successful in protecting car occupants to develop vehicle design concepts that reduce the likelihood of injuries to pedestrians in the event of a car-pedestrian crash. These involve redesigning the bumper, hood (bonnet), and the windshield and Pillar (car) to be energy absorbing (softer) without compromising the structural integrity of the car.