Via USDOT Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently published two new fact sheets on connected vehicle safety innovations and research.
The Connected Vehicle Applications: Safety fact sheet discusses applications that are being designed to increase situational awareness and reduce or eliminate crashes through vehicle-to-infrastructure, vehicle-to-vehicle, and vehicle-to-pedestrian data transmissions. This resource broadly discusses these advancements and includes a brief description of the various connected vehicle safety applications in development or under consideration. The applications described support a variety of activities including advisories, warnings, and vehicle and/or infrastructure controls.
The Connected Vehicles: Vehicle-to Pedestrian Communications fact sheet discusses the Department's ongoing connected and automated vehicle research efforts that focus on protecting pedestrians, bicyclists, and other nonvehicle occupants. Despite a steady decline in the number of roadway fatalities in recent years, the number of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities has remained relatively consistent. The USDOT is committed to addressing these vulnerable groups' distinct safety needs and challenges. The pedestrian detection systems discussed in this fact sheet can be implemented in vehicles, in the infrastructure, or with pedestrians themselves to provide warnings to drivers, pedestrians, or both.
Research on the connected vehicle technologies described in both of these fact sheets have shown promising results. The connected vehicle communication will enable safety advancements that are expected to reduce unimpaired vehicle crashes by 80 percent.
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