Existing safety technology – is the driverless vehicle already here? Matthew Avery – Safety Research Director Automotive Safety Primary vs Secondary Safety Primary Safety Secondary Tertiary Safety Safety Pre-crash Crash Post crash Increasing crash probability Systems to prevent Protective safety Rescue systems and and mitigate systems to mitigate services accidents consequences Time Primary safety: Prevention is better than cure Advanced Driver Assistance Systems ADAS • ESC is an established life saver • Other ADAS systems show potential • ESC saves lives; an ESC equipped vehicle is 25% less likely to be involved in a serious or fatal crash in the UK Autonomous Emergency Braking AEB • Forward looking sensors (RADAR, LIDAR, Camera) • System detects an imminent collision • Some systems issue driver warnings (acoustic, visual, haptic) • Automatic application of the brakes if driver is unresponsive or distracted Car-to-Car Rear (CCR) Car-to-Pedestrian (CP) AEB Real World Effectiveness Report available at: www.Thatcham.org/AEB USA: USA: Volvo UK: Volvo USA: Volvo USA: Volvo USA: USA: Volvo USA: Honda Mercedes with vs XC60 vs XC60 vs S60 vs Mercedes with vs with vs with vs without competitor competitor competitor with vs without without without s s s without 0% -4% -10% -9% -14% -16% -20% -18% -18% -30% -32% -33% -40% FCW City Safety FCW with autobrake UK AEB KSI Reduction Potential Combined Incentives = Insurance Reductions + Euro NCAP Euro NCAP and Insurance AEB Test Scenarios Car-to-CarRear (CCR) Car-to-Pedestrian CP CITY (GroupRating) CP1 LeadVehicle Stopped Unobscured nearside -N R <50kmA/h walking pedestrian E B T NR U I -N Lead Vehicle Stopped CP2 RA EB 30-80km/h Obscured walking T -N NRRA nearsidepedestrian UE I B T NR U -NI SlowerLead Vehicle CP3 RA EB Target 20km/h Unobscured farside TNRR-NTest30-80km/h pedestrian U A I E B T NR U I Lead Vehicle -N RA Decelerating EB TR 50km/h N U I City AEB Test – Group Rating and EuroNCAP Stationary Low Speed Inter-Urban AEB: Euro NCAP Moving Inter-Urban AEB: Euro NCAP Braking
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