Collision Avoidance Testing evaluates how effectively a vehicle’s safety systems can prevent or mitigate collisions in real-world scenarios. This testing primarily focuses on advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) such as Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB), Forward Collision Warning (FCW), and Pedestrian Detection.
Purpose
- Safety Assessment: Determines a vehicle’s ability to avoid or reduce the severity of collisions.
- Standardization: Ensures compliance with safety regulations and guidelines set by organizations like Euro NCAP, IIHS, and ANCAP.
- Consumer Awareness: Helps consumers identify vehicles with superior safety features.
Types
- Car-to-Car Scenarios:
- Rear-End Collisions: Tests the ability to avoid stationary, slowing, or suddenly stopped vehicles.
- Cross-Traffic Collisions: Evaluates how the system handles intersecting traffic.
- Highway Merging: Tests detection and response to vehicles merging into the lane.
- Pedestrian and Cyclist Detection: Detects and avoids collisions with pedestrians or cyclists crossing, moving alongside, or suddenly entering the vehicle’s path.
- Stationary Object Avoidance: Determines how the system identifies and reacts to non-vehicular stationary objects, such as barriers
- Dynamic Objects: Tests responses to moving hazards, like motorcycles or animals.