Safe Enough: Approaches to Assessing Acceptable Safety for Automated Vehicles
This report looks at assessing automated vehicle (AV) safety and determining what measurements and thresholds need to be reached before AVs are acceptably safe for operation on US roads. This research is based on a literature review, survey, and interviews with AV stakeholders. Chapters include: Safety as a codified concept for AVs; Safety as a measurement; Safety as a process; Safety as a threshold; and Communicating about safety. The report concludes with recommendations. Recommendations for AV developers include: leveraging a mix of approaches as part of safety assessment and communication; collaborating on developing publicly accessible versions of safety cases; and collaborating with state and local leaders to bring AV vehicles into communities. Recommendations for the federal government include: supporting research about human drivers to enable better comparisons with automated driving systems; and supporting more research into safety assessment measurement options.
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Corporate Authors:
RAND Corporation
Santa Monica, CA United States -
Authors:
- Blumenthal, Marjory S
- Fraade-Blanar, Laura
- Best, Ryan
- Irwin, J Luke
- Publication Date: 2020
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 143p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicles; Evaluation and assessment; Performance measurement; Recommendations; Stakeholders; Surveys; Vehicle safety
- Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01771775
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9781977406033
- Report/Paper Numbers: RR-A569-1
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: May 21 2021 10:54AM