Special Crash Investigations On-Site Crash Avoidance Technology Investigation Vehicle: 2016 Honda Civic LX Location: Arizona Crash Date: October 2016

This report documents the on-site investigation of the crash avoidance system in a 2016 Honda Civic LX involved in a front-to-rear crash. The investigation was intended to determine what role the crash avoidance system had on the crash. The vehicle was equipped with Honda’s Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS) with forward collision warning (FCW). The crash occurred on a state roadway in Arizona. The Honda was being driven southbound by a belted 20-year-old female. The first other vehicle was a 2015 RAM 1500 traveling in the same lane and in front of the Honda. The second other vehicle was a 2010 Dodge Journey traveling in the lane to the right of the RAM and Honda. According to the driver of the RAM, a non-contact vehicle traveling ahead of his vehicle swerved in front of him and he began braking. The driver of the Honda braked but could not stop the vehicle in time and the front plane of the Honda struck the rear plane of the RAM. The RAM was displaced forward and to the right into the adjacent lane. The right front of the RAM struck the left plane of the Dodge. According to the Honda’s Event Data Recorder (EDR), the system provided a warning and engaged the braking system. The driver did not recall seeing, hearing or feeling any warnings prior to the crash. She did recall braking and steering to the left.

• Record URL:
  • https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812616
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Case No. DS16027.
• Corporate Authors:

  Dynamic Science Incorporated

  299 W. Cerritos Avenue
  Anaheim, CA  United States  92805

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2018-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 36p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Crash avoidance systems; Crash investigation; Crash investigation sites; Event data recorders
• Identifier Terms: Honda Civic
• Uncontrolled Terms: Air bag deployment; Forward collision warning
• Geographic Terms: Arizona
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01689317
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT HS 812 616
• Contract Numbers: DTNH22-12-C00271
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 20 2018 3:32PM