Assessment of Safety Standards for Automotive Electronic Control Systems

This report summarizes the results of a study that assessed and compared six industry and government safety standards relevant to the safety and reliability of automotive electronic control systems. These standards include ISO 26262 (Road Vehicles - Functional Safety), MIL-STD-882E (Department of Defense Standard Practice, System Safety), DO-178C (Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification), Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, AUTOSAR (Automotive Open System Architecture), and MISRA C (Guidelines for the Use of the C Language in Critical Systems). The assessment was carried out along the following 11 dimensions: (1) type of standard, (2) definition of safety and hazard, (3) identification of safety requirements, (4) hazard and safety analysis methods, (5) management of safety requirements, (6) risk assessment approach, (7) design for safety approach, (8) software safety, (9) system life cycle consideration, (10) human factors consideration, and (11) approach for review, audit, and certification. The observed strengths and limitations of the standards studied in this report could support the future development of a robust functional safety approach for automotive electronic control systems.

• Record URL:
  https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.dot.gov/files/812285_electronicsreliabilityreport.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12302
• Corporate Authors:

  Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Van Eikema Hommes, Qi D
• Publication Date: 2016-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 49p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Evaluation and assessment; Vehicle electronics
• Identifier Terms: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safety standards
• Subject Areas: Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01604578
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-VNTSC-NHTSA-13-03, DOT HS 812 285
• Contract Numbers: HS8AA1; DTNH22-12-V-00086
• Files: HSL, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 6 2016 1:14PM