Summary Report: Standing General Order on Crash Reporting for Automated Driving Systems

In June 2021, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a Standing General Order (the General Order) requiring identified manufacturers and operators (reporting entities) to report to the agency certain crashes involving vehicles equipped with SAE Levels 3 through 5 Automated Driving Systems (ADS). The General Order requires that reporting entities file incident reports for crashes involving ADS-equipped vehicles that occur on publicly accessible roads in the United States and its territories. Crashes involving an ADS-equipped vehicle are reportable if the ADS was in use at any time within 30 seconds of the crash and the crash resulted in property damage or injury. As of May 15, 2022, NHTSA has received incident reports for 130 ADS-equipped vehicle crashes. Prior to the implementation of the General Order, NHTSA’s sources of timely crash notifications were limited (e.g., media, vehicle owner questionnaire input, voluntary direct company outreach, and Early Warning Reporting) and generally inconsistent across manufacturers, including developers. The General Order allows NHTSA to obtain timely and transparent notification of real-world crashes associated with ADS vehicles from manufacturers and operators. With these data, NHTSA can respond to crashes that raise safety concerns about ADS technologies through further investigation and enforcement.

• Record URL:
  • https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/2022-06/ADS-SGO-Report-June-2022.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2022-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; References;
• Pagination: 8p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash data; Crash reports; Crash severity; Driving automation levels; Intelligent vehicles; Traffic crashes
• Identifier Terms: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01885749
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT HS 813 324
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 22 2023 9:49AM