Citation

Damon PM, Garcia A, Palao A. 27th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV); April 3-6, 2023; Abstract #: 23-0209, pp. 11p. Washington, DC USA: US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2023 open access.

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Abstract

27th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV): Enhanced and Equitable Vehicle Safety for All: Toward the Next 50 Years

https://www-esv.nhtsa.dot.gov/Proceedings/27/27ESV-000209.pdf

Embedded collision avoidance systems such as Autonomous Emergency Braking Systems, Forward Collision Warnings or Emergency Lane Keeping Systems have largely contributed to reducing the number of car collisions over the past decade. Although those systems have demonstrated ever-increasing performance in case of imminent risk of collision against pedestrian, bicyclist, or car in recent years, most of them were not capable of intervening in the case of a motorcyclist. Since motorcycle crashes remain a major concern across Europe and for most of them are the result of collisions between cars and motorcycles, those systems were identified as relevant technologies to address this issue. In that context, UTAC led the MUSE European project between 2017 and 2019 with the ambition to promote motorcyclist safety through car consumer information programs such as Euro NCAP. As this topic was well identified in the Euro NCAP 2020-2025 roadmap, the organization showed interest in the outcomes of the project and their integration into the new generation of car active safety testing protocols. This paper presents the background established during the MUSE project, its outcomes, and their integration into the so-called Euro NCAP safety rating, as well as the outlook for motorcyclist safety as part of Euro NCAP Vision 2030.

Language: en