Accelerate regulation of advanced safety systems in vehicles
Kenneth Lewis, Dickson Leow, Lydia Thomas, Mario Mongiardini & Jamie Mackenzie
ARRB, CASR, Victoria & South Australia
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ABSTRACT
The project is an extension of ‘Towards Zero’ (Victoria), which seeks to reduce the number of lives lost on Victoria's roads, by considering ‘accelerate regulation of advanced safety systems in vehicles. Undertaken by the ARRB in partnership with the Centre for Automotive Safety Research (CASR) from the University of Adelaide for Victoria Department of Transport, The core objective was to identify vehicle safety features that are appropriate candidates for future regulation in Australia with the greatest potential to avoid crashes, save lives and reduce the severity of road trauma.
Recommendations are made on the prioritisation of the technologies based on their potential to avoid/reduce the risk of fatal and serious injury crashes as well as their ease of implementation.
The objectives of the project were to:
- identify existing and emerging vehicle safety features for passenger vehicles, light, medium and heavy commercial vehicles
- analyse recent and future developments of regulations internationally and within Australia
- analyse market trends and penetration of safety technology
- measure the potential to avoid crashes, save lives and reduce the severity of road trauma for each safety feature
- gather stakeholder feedback and analyse their perception to technologies
- prioritise vehicle safety features for regulation harmonisation consideration based on estimated effectiveness and ease of implementation.
From the analyses, it is evidential the benefits of AEB and LKA functions fitted onto vehicles for both light vehicles and heavy vehicles. These features would contribute to saving lives and reducing fatalities. The EU is already considering AEB as is Australia (ADR) for both light and heavy vehicles. Of high importance is the potential regulation of LKA and, Australia can lead the discussion of having LKA as a regulation for light and heavy vehicles.
Author(s)
Kenneth Lewis | ARRB
Senior Professional, Mobility Futures – Next Generation Transport Systems
Kenneth Lewis holds a Master of Engineering (Civil) and Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) from Swinburne University of Technology. He is a Senior Professional within the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) Mobility Futures Team. Kenneth has over 5 years’ experience in the road and traffic industry. He has acquired experience on wide range of projects which include update to the Austroads Guide to Traffic Management, AusRAP and ANRAM assessment, network performance assessment and assessment of ADAS and connected infrastructure technologies.
Dr Mario Mongiardini | CASR
Dr. Mario Mongiardini recently joined the Centre for Automotive Safety Research (CASR) as a Research Associate. His research at CASR relates to various aspects of road safety, including vehicles, cyclists and the safety assessment of road infrastructure. Previous research interests of Dr Mongiardini include investigating the performance of roadside safety barriers (including motorcyclists crashes into barriers), vehicle rollover crash tests, and the safety of quad-bikes during a rollover.
Dickson Leow | IM Group
Dickson Leow is a recognised mobility and transport technology leader with more than 22 years of experience in ITS / CAV, Regulatory Affairs, Compliance, Certification, Vehicle Engineering & Design, Vehicle Safety and Intellectual Property Law, in both private and government sectors. Dickson holds a Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Engineering, Certificate in IP Law and an MBA.
Dr Jamie Mackenzie | CASR
Dr Jamie Mackenzie is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at CASR, where he has worked since 2008. Jamie has a degree in Mechatronic Engineering and recently completed a PhD that used computer simulations to investigate the effects of Electronic Stability Control (ESC) braking interventions on high speed rural road crashes. He is an experienced data analyst, having previously worked on projects based on safety camera infringement data, workers compensation data, vehicle specification data, vehicle registration data, and (frequently) crash data. As the head of vehicle safety at CASR, Jamie is familiar with the operation and limitations of many in-vehicle technologies. He is particularly familiar with Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) and Forward Collision Warning (FCW) systems, having modelled their operation in computer simulations to estimate their response to various crash scenarios.
