| Title | Pre-crash scenario framework for crash avoidance systems based on vehicle-to-vehicle communications |
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| Record ID | 38671 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Najm, Wassim; Toma, Samuel; Harding, John A. |
| Source | 10p. in various pagings; 22nd International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles, Washington, DC, June 13-16, 2011. |
| Corporate Creator | John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) |
| Publisher | United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| Publication Date | 20110613 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | This paper prioritizes and statistically describes precrash scenarios as a basis for the identification of crash avoidance functions enhanced or enabled by vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication technology. Pre-crash scenarios depict vehicle movements and dynamics as well as the critical event immediately prior to the crash. The prioritization of pre-crash scenarios is based on the societal harm from persons who were injured in pre-crash scenarios involving at least two vehicles. The crash must also involve at least one light vehicle (e.g., passenger car, van, minivan, sport utility vehicle, or pickup truck) with a gross vehicle weight rating less than 4,536 kg. This paper also introduces a framework that serves to connect pre-crash scenarios to crash avoidance functions and provides information that will enable the identification of appropriate functional requirements, performance specifications, objective test procedures, and initial system effectiveness benchmarks. The framework incorporates crash statistics about the driving environment, contributing and causal factors, and kinematic information. In addition, time-to-collision equations for each precrash scenario are derived to identify key variables that must be measured to recognize and assess the crash threat of driving conflicts. Crash statistics are obtained from national crash databases including the 2004-2008 General Estimates System, the National Motor Vehicle Crash Causation Survey, and the Event Data Recorder database. A set of ten pre-crash scenarios are identified as a priority for the development of V2V-based safety applications. These priority scenarios are arranged into five crash avoidance packages that consist of rear-end, lane change, opposite direction, junction crossing, and left turn across path/opposite direction crash countermeasures. This paper delineates the priority pre-crash scenarios and maps them to V2V-based safety applications under development. |
| Rosap ID | dot:9158 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9158 |
| TRT Terms | Crash avoidance systems; Intelligent vehicles; Advanced driver information systems; Driver information systems; Vehicle to vehicle communications |
| General Subjects | Crash avoidance systems; Vehicle-to-vehicle communications; Pre-crash scenarios |
| Geographical Coverage |
United States |
| Availability | Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center |
| Resource type | Proceedings |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/38000/38600/38671/Najm_Pre-crashScenario.pdf |
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| Database | NTL Digital Repository |