Vehicle Safety Communications

Commercial Vehicle V2V Research

Program

Place1/19/2010 Talking Freight

Alrik L. SvensonResearch Engineer

NHTSA, Office of Applied Vehicle Safety Research

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Outline

• Vehicle Safety Communications

• Applications and Crash Types

• Crash Problem Overview

• Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications (V2V) Research Plan

• Commercial Vehicle V2V Research

• Next Steps

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Vehicle Safety Communications

Connected vehicle environmentConnected vehicle environment

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Intersection Collision Avoidance

Vehicle Safety CommunicationsGreater situational awareness

• Your vehicle can “see” nearby vehicles and knows roadway conditions you can’t see

Reduce or eliminate crashes thru:

• Driver Advisories• Driver Warnings• Vehicle Control

Work ZoneNotification

Vehicle safety communications have the

potential to address 82% of crash scenarios for unimpaired drivers

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Off RoadwayOff Roadway

Rear-EndRear-End

Crossing PathsCrossing Paths

25 %25 %

9 %9 %28 %28 %

23 %23 % Lane ChangeLane Change

Safety Applications and Crash Types

OtherOtherLane Departure Warning

Lane Keeping

Curve Speed Warning

Forward Crash Warning

Adaptive Cruise Control

Brake Assist

Automatic Braking

Blind Spot Detection

Side Radar

V2V & V2I Communications

Stop Sign & Signal Violation Warnings

2005 GES - Includes all vehicle types

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Crash Problem Overview

• Vehicle safety communications have the potential to address a significant portion of the crash problem.

• Volpe Center conducted analysis using 2005-2008 General Estimates System (GES) Data

• Approximately 82% of crashes for all vehicles types could be addressed by vehicle safety communications

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Distribution of Heavy Vehicle Crashes

Alcohol1%

Drowsy1%

Unimpaired98%

Analysis excludes crashes with an impaired driver

2005-08 GES

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Addressable Heavy Vehicle Crashes

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

V2V & V2I V2V AV V2I

71% 70% 64%

14%

Proportion of All Crashes

System Category2005-08 GES

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Top Addressable CV Crash Scenarios

Pre-crash Scenario All Crashes V2V & V2I AV

Changing lanes/Drifting same lane 69,000 69,000

Rear-end 64,000 64,000

Crossing paths 32,000 32,000

Control loss 21,000 21,000

Backing into vehicle 19,000 19,000

Opposite Direction 14,000 14,000

Running red light / stop sign 11,000 11,000

Turns at traffic signals 8,000 8,000

Turns at non signal 5,000 5,000

Road edge departure 39,000 3,000 15,000

Parking 3,000 3,000

Object contacted 36,000 2,000 16,000

2005-08 GES

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V2V Safety Research Plan Goals

• Purpose• Accelerate the implementation of next generation of

safety improvements through the widespread deployment of V2V - equipped vehicles of all types (truck, transit, auto & fleets)

• Objectives• NHTSA regulatory decisions

• 2013 Light Vehicles• 2014 Heavy Vehicles

• Accelerate in-vehicle technology to ensure value to the first V2V vehicles

TRACK 5Driver Issues

TRACK 4ApplicationDevelopment

TRACK 3BenefitsAssessment

TRACK 2Interoperability

TRACK 1Crash ScenarioFrame Work

TRACK 0Current Activities

CY 2009 CY 2010 CY 2011 CY 2012 CY 2013

Select Applications

Complete CAMP-V SC-A

Update Crash Scenarios

Define Initial Performance Requirements

Develop & Build Prototype Safety Application Vehicles

DVI Effectiveness – Multiple Warnings

Driver Workload Issues

Complete Message and Communication Standards

Security & Privacy (Certificate Authority)

Define Performance Measures

Develop Objective Tests

Adapt ACAT Methodology

Conduct Objective Tests

Safety Benefits Estimate

LV Regulation Decision

Vehicle to Vehicle Safety Application Research Plan

Data Authentication

Track 6Policy Issues

Development Tests

Final Standards & Protocols

Field Trails

Security & Privacy Policy (V2V)

5.9 EnforcementRetrofit & Aftermarket Req’ts

Business Models

Driver Acceptance

Performance Requirements

Governance (V2V)

System Engineering

Track 7Commercial Vehicle

Update Crash Scenarios

Define Initial Performance Reqs and Measures

Develop and Conduct Objective Tests

Driver Workload Issues and Acceptance

Field Tests

CVO Regulation Decision

Track 8Transit Vehicle

Update Crash Scenarios

Define Initial Performance Reqs and Measures

Develop and Conduct Objective Tests

Driver Workload Issues and Acceptance

Field Tests

FTA Implementation Decision

(2014)

(TBD)

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Commercial Vehicle V2V Research PlanObjective - Resolve the technical and policy issues

necessary for deployment of Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) systems on commercial vehicles.

Key Tasks● Identify priority CV crash scenarios. ● Select priority safety applications and determine

performance requirements. ● Identify CV specific interoperability issues.● Identify CV specific human factors / DVI issues.● Build prototype vehicles and develop objective test

procedures● Vehicle testing for performance and DVI driver acceptance.● Estimate safety benefits for CV applications.● Identify CV policy issues and coordinate with overall

program● Support NHTSA regulatory decisions

Commercial Vehicle V2V Safety Application Research Plan

TRACK 7a

Crash Scenario

Framework

TRACK 7c

Inter- operability

TRACK 7fPolicy

TRACK 7e

Planning & Outreach

TRACK 7b

Benefits Assessment

CY 2010

1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q

CY 2011

1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q

CY 2012

1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q

CY 2013

1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q

CY 2014

1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q

CY 2009

1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q

Identify Priority CV Crash Scenarios

Select Critical Safety Applications

TRACK 7d

Human Factors/Driver Issues

Webinar CV Research Plan

CV Stakeholder Workshop Identify Primary Safety Applications/Interoperability

CV Stakeholder Coordination Meeting

NHTSA CV Regulatory Decision

CV Stakeholder Workshop Performance Testing

CV Stakeholder Workshop Safety Benefits/Implementation

Coordination with Interoperability program

Coordination with program Policy Issues – Security, Retrofit & Aftermarket, Enforcement, Governance

CV Stakeholder Coordination Meeting

CV Stakeholder Coordination Meeting

Coordination with CV V2I

Identify Priority CV Interoperability Issues

Estimate Safety Benefits

Develop and Build Prototype Safety

Application Vehicles

Develop Objective Test Procedures

Consumer Information for Fleets

Testing •Performance• Interoperability• Driver Acceptance

Develop Performance Requirements

Develop Final Performance

Specifications & Test Procedures

Objective Test Procedures

Identify Priority CV Human Factors Issues

Coordination with LV HF Research

Develop CV DVI Guidelines CV DVI Guidelines

2010 Commercial Vehicle V2V Research

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University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

VirginiaTechTransportation Institute

Battelle Center for Human Performance and Safety

Answer the Fundamental Questions for Deployment

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Vehicle Safety CommunicationsVehicle Safety Communications

Next Steps• Build Prototype Trucks with Integrated V2V

Systems

• Perform Objective Testing at NHTSA Vehicle Research and Test Center (VRTC)

• Conduct CV Driver Clinics

• Publish RFP, award CV Retrofit Device Contracts

• Participation in Safety Pilot Demonstration

• Estimate Safety Benefits

• NHTSA Regulatory Decision for CV in 2014

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For More Information …For More Information …

Alrik L. Svenson NHTSA1200 New Jersey Ave, S.E.W46-417Washington, D.C. 20590202-366-0436Alrik.Svenson@dot.gov

www.freightmobility.org

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