Benefits Goals: Safety

593 unique benefits found.

Lane departure warning (LDW) and lane departure prevention (LDP) systems were estimated to prevent 59 percent and 67 percent of crashes, respectively, in areas with shoulder widths of at least 3.6 meters.
Date Posted: 10/31/2018 | Source Date:
Autonomous vehicles that can detect imminent rear-end collisions and quickly accelerate using on-demand power from electric motors can reduce whiplash injuries by 40 to 65 percent.
Date Posted: 10/30/2018 | Source Date:
Implementing a collision-avoidance algorithm based on safe distance significantly reduces rear-end collisions in heterogenous fleets compared to other methods.
Date Posted: 10/30/2018 | Source Date:
Front crash detection, lane maintenance, and blind spot detection technologies have the potential to prevent 8,000 two-vehicle crashes with motorcycles per year.
Date Posted: 09/26/2018 | Source Date:
Iowa DOT estimates that AV adoption could reduce crash rates up to 65 percent on the I-80 corridor.
Date Posted: 09/12/2018 | Source Date:
Crash involvement rates in lane-change crashes of all severity types were 14 percent lower among vehicles equipped with blind spot monitoring compared to those without.
Date Posted: 08/30/2018 | Source Date:
Driving simulator participants equipped with heads-up display (HUD) forward collision warning systems experienced 35 percent fewer near-crash events under fog conditions.
Date Posted: 08/17/2018 | Source Date:
Crash-conflict models suggests a 50 percent AV market penetration rate can reduce crashes at four-legged signalized intersections by 24 percent.
Date Posted: 08/13/2018 | Source Date:
Pedestrians receiving alerts while texting chose larger gaps, were more discriminating in gap choices, and better timed their crossing than those texting without warnings.
Date Posted: 08/13/2018 | Source Date:
Portable variable speed limit system in Utah successfully reduces speed limit by 15 to 25 mi/hr near work zones.
Date Posted: 07/23/2018 | Source Date:
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