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Performance Evaluation of Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems
Published
Author(s)
Jack J. Ference, Sandor S. Szabo, Wassim G. Najm
Abstract
This paper describes a program to develop and test an integrated crash warning system that addresses rear-end, lane change, and roadway departure crashes for passenger cars and heavy commercial trucks. One of the goals of this program is to facilitate the deployment of integrated crash warning systems by creating performance specifications and objective test procedures, and estimating potential safety benefits for integrated safety systems. In support of this goal, equations for the safety benefits estimation methodology are introduced and test scenarios derived from national crash database statistics are delineated. The approach, performance metrics and independent measurement system used to conduct objective tests are also discussed.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS)
Ference, J.
, Szabo, S.
and Najm, W.
(2007),
Performance Evaluation of Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems, Proceedings of the Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS), Gaithersburg, MD, USA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=823587
(Accessed October 15, 2025)