Impact analysis of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) regarding road safety – computing reduction potentials
DOI: 10.1186/s12544-024-00654-0
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This study addresses the lack of national road safety impact assessments for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) in Austria. While previous research has evaluated ADAS effectiveness in countries like Germany, the USA, and Switzerland, no such analysis existed for Austria using national crash data. Motivated by EU Regulation 2019/2144, which mandates specific ADAS for new vehicles, the authors aimed to compute the crash reduction potentials of nine promising ADAS technologies for the years 2025, 2030, and 2040. The methodology involved selecting nine ADAS based on literature reviews, expert interviews, and legislative adaptations. The analysis utilized official Austrian police-reported injury crash data from 2016–2020, comprising approximately 179,120 crashes. A custom software tool was developed to calculate reduction potentials by filtering crash data based on relevant crash types, road user characteristics, infrastructure (e.g., road works), weather conditions, and road types. The model incorporated dynamic factors limiting effectiveness, including market penetration, user acceptance levels, technical sensor limitations, and negative effects such as risk homeostasis. Scenarios for 2025, 2030, and 2040 were modeled to account for increasing market penetration and improved technology over time. The results indicate that ADAS related to warning and braking for obstacles (including Automatic Emergency Braking and Forward Collision Warning) offer the greatest future reduction potential. By 2040, these systems could prevent approximately 8,700 crashes and 70 fatalities in Austria, representing a 24% reduction in crashes compared to the 2016–2020 average. Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) was the second most effective system, projected to reduce overall crashes by 8% and fatalities by 70–80 persons by 2040. Although the Turning Assistant for heavy goods vehicles showed the lowest crash reduction rate, it contributed significantly to fatality reduction due to the high severity of crashes involving heavy vehicles (93 fatalities per 1,000 crashes). Other systems, such as Adaptive Lighting and Curve-ABS, showed moderate benefits, particularly for vulnerable road users like pedestrians and motorcyclists. The study concludes that while ADAS hold significant safety potential, realizing these benefits requires correct usage. The authors emphasize the need for improved user education regarding system benefits and limitations, as well as the integration of ADAS training into driver education and testing procedures. The developed software tool provides a flexible framework for updating these calculations as market penetration and technology evolve, offering a valuable resource for future road safety planning in Austria.
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