Traffic Safety Facts: The National Motor Vehicle Crash Causation Survey, Research Note

摘要

To substantially reduce the high number of traffic fatalities and injuries, more needs to be done to prevent crashes by understanding the events leading up to a crash. The automotive industry has already applied significant resources into the research and development of crash avoidance features in vehicles. Many of the new features (ESC, traction control, lane-departure warning systems, etc.) are starting to appear in the fleet of newer model vehicles. NHTSA and other safety researchers are currently evaluating the effectiveness of these new technologies. Available databases, such as the National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) Crashworthiness Data System (CDS) do not provide information that can specifically serve the purpose of identifying pre-crash scenarios and the reason underlying the critical pre-crash events--information crucial to the evaluation and development of emerging crash avoidance technologies.