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Pedestrian Crash Avoidance and Mitigation

Sponsor

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Assessing Potential Safety Benefits of Pedestrian Crash Avoidance/Mitigation (PCAM) Systems in Cooperation with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Automotive Partners (Photo provided by NHTSA. Zegeer, C. V., Blomberg, R., Henderson, D., Masten, S., Marchetti, L., Levy, M., Fan, Y., Sandt, L., Brown, A., Stutts, J., & Thomas, L., Evaluation of the Miami-Dade Pedestrian Safety Demonstration Project. Final Report, DTNH22-98-H-05183, June 2008. Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.)

Project Highlights

Identify priority pedestrian crash modes
Develop objective test procedures for pedestrian sensing systems
Specify functional system requirements
Project nationwide safety benefits resulting from broad adaption

Project Point of Contact

Mikio Yanagisawa
617.494.3846
mikio.yanagisawa@dot.gov

Project Overview

The Volpe Center is working with NHTSA and U.S.-based automakers to evaluate the potential of emerging pedestrian crash avoidance and mitigation (PCAM) systems. PCAM includes forward-facing radar designed to sense pedestrians in both low-speed and high-speed incursions. Ongoing crash analysis will help NHTSA, the Volpe Center and automotive partners prioritize pre-crash scenarios for PCAM applications, devise system functional requirements, specify minimum performance guidelines and develop objective test procedures in order to assess potential safety benefits for existing and near-term deployment PCAM systems.

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