Light Vehicle Crash Avoidance Needs and Countermeasure Profiles for Safety Applications Based on Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications

Details

• Creators:
  Toma, Samuel ; Swanson, Elizabeth D. ; Najm, Wassim G.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Light vehicles
  • Crash avoidance systems
  • Countermeasures
  • Precrash phase
  • Intelligent transportation systems programs
  • ITS program technologies
  • Advanced vehicle control systems
  • Crash characteristics
  • Crash analysis
  • Crash investigation
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-VNTSC-NHTSA-11-13 ; DOT HS-811 733
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  This report discusses light-vehicle crash countermeasure profiles and functions for five target pre-crash scenario groups based on vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications. Target pre-crash scenario groups include rear-end, lane change, opposite direction, junction crossing, and left turn across path from opposite direction (LTAP/OD) crashes involving at least one light vehicle (e.g., passenger car, van, minivan, sport utility vehicle, or light pickup truck with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less). There are 10 pre-crash scenarios in these groups to be addressed by V2V-based crash countermeasures. Kinematic equations are presented for the time-to-collision and avoidance maneuvers to identify information needs for these crash countermeasures. Information needs are translated into countermeasure functional requirements based on relevant safety applications devised in two prior research projects dealing with cooperative V2V communications and autonomous vehicle-based sensing systems. This report identifies two target pre-crash scenarios that would require new safety applications not developed in prior projects, including the LTAP/OD and “opposite direction/no vehicle maneuver” pre-crash scenarios.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  HS60A1
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9888/dot_9888_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.80 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Autonomous Vehicles ; Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
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