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Automotive safety Notes

Overview

  • Automotive safety : study and practice of design, construction, equipment and regulation to minimize the occurrence and consequences of traffic collisions involving motor vehicles.
  • Road traffic safety more broadly includes roadway design.

ASIL level - funtions

Automotive safety functions classification based on ISO26262

Automotive Safety Functions

   graph TD;
      A[Safety]-->B[comfort Occupant]
      A-->C[Warning]
      A-->D[Urgency]

Standards :

  • IEC 61508
  • ISO 26262

Companies working on safety :

  • Velodyne
  • Aurora
  • Waymo
  • Autoliv
  • Nuro
  • Cyngn, Faction
  • Mobileye
  • Beep
  • ElectraMeccanica
  • Black Sesame
  • Tesla
  • nvidia

Contributing

Please refer to this CONTRIBUTING.md.

References

NHTSA’s Automated Driving Systems (ADSs – SAE International Automation Levels 3-5)

  • NHTSA - Voluntary Safety Self-Assessment (VSSA)
  • Company VSSA Disclosures : https://www.nhtsa.gov/automated-driving-systems/voluntary-safety-self-assessment

SAE - Levels of Driving Automation Refined for Clarity and International Audience - 2021: - https://www.sae.org/blog/sae-j3016-update - https://www.sae.org/standards/content/j3016_202104