Development of a Safety Assessment Process for In-Vehicle Information Systems

This paper presents a technique that has been developed for assessing potential safety implications of the way that information is presented to a driver by an in-vehicle information system (IVIS). This technique, developed during the European HASTE project, uses analysis techniques alone and complements the other parts of the HASTE project that have used simulators and field trials to assess the safety impacts of such systems on driving. The technique is based on the HAZOP (hazard and operability) approach that has been successfully applied to safety analysis in a number of different domains. As with any use of HAZOP, interpretation and application is required (particularly for the guidewords) and an overview of how this is achieved is presented. The technique has been trialled by applying it to two example IVIS, and the results are presented. A comparison of these results with an existing checklist based approach shows that the new approach complements existing processes and is a useful additional assessment method to investigate the potential risks of a proposed IVIS HMI at an early stage in product development.

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• Authors:
  • Ward, David D
  • Fowkes, Mark
  • Jesty, Peter H
• Conference:
  • 12th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
  • Location: San Francisco California, United States
  • Date: 2005-11-6 to 2005-11-10
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: CD-ROM; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 11p
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Development; Evaluation and assessment; Hazards; Highway safety; Human machine systems; In vehicle sensors; Information systems; Interfaces; Navigational aids; Operations; Product development; Safety
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01015895
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 2006 9:56AM