Document Type
Article
Publication Date
September 2017
Publication Title
PLoS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0184952
ISSN
1932-6203
Keywords
autonomous vehicles
Disciplines
Other Engineering | Risk Analysis | Transportation | Transportation Engineering
Abstract
Autonomous Vehicle technology is quickly expanding its market and has found in Silicon Valley, California, a strong foothold for preliminary testing on public roads. In an effort to promote safety and transparency to consumers, the California Department of Motor Vehicles has mandated that reports of accidents involving autonomous vehicles be drafted and made available to the public. The present work shows an in-depth analysis of the accident reports filed by different manufacturers that are testing autonomous vehicles in California (testing data from September 2014 to March 2017). The data provides important information on autonomous vehicles accidents’ dynamics, related to the most frequent types of collisions and impacts, accident frequencies, and other contributing factors. The study also explores important implications related to future testing and validation of semi-autonomous vehicles, tracing the investigation back to current literature as well as to the current regulatory panorama.
Recommended Citation
Francesca Favaro, Nazanin Nader, Sky Eurich, Michelle Tripp, and Naresh Varadaraju. "Examining accident reports involving autonomous vehicles in California" PLoS ONE (2017). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184952
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Comments
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