Societal Benefit of Automatic Emergency Braking and Lane Departure Warning Systems in Large Trucks

The objective of this study was to provide scientifically-based estimates of the societal benefits and costs of two large truck advanced driver assistance systems (ADASs): automatic emergency braking (AEB) and lane departure warning (LDW). For each technology, benefit-cost analyses (BCA) were performed for installing the technology on all large trucks (including retrofitting old trucks) and for equipping new large trucks only, and were performed for equipping only single-unit trucks, only combination-unit trucks, and all large trucks. Sensitivity analyses examined three cost estimates, two estimates of system efficacy, and three discount rates. Equipping trucks with LDW systems were found cost-effective under almost all scenarios examined. Results for AEB were mixed. Only the low cost estimate was cost effective for all large trucks regardless of efficacy rate.

• Record URL:
  https://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/esv/26th/
• Record URL:
  https://www-esv.nhtsa.dot.gov/Proceedings/26/26ESV-000167.pdf
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/19-0051
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper Number: 19-0167-O
• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Hickman, Jeffrey S
  • Camden, Matthew
  • Medina-Flintsch, Alejandra
  • Hanowski, Richard J
  • Tefft, Brian
• Conference:
  • 26th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV): Technology: Enabling a Safer Tomorrow
  • Location: Eindhoven , Netherlands
  • Date: 2019-6-10 to 2019-6-13
• Publication Date: 2019

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 8p
• Monograph Title: 26th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV): Enabling a Safer Tomorrow

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic braking; Cost effectiveness; Driver support systems; Emergency brakes; Traffic lanes; Trucks; Warning systems
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01761852
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 19-0167
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 11 2020 4:36PM