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1. Report No.
 DOT HS 809 196		 2. Government Accession No.
 		 3. Recipient's Catalog No.
 
4. Title and Subtitle

FIRST ANNUAL REPORT:
Automotive Collision Avoidance System Field Operational Test

 5. Report Date
30 December 2000
6. Performing Organization Code
 
7. Author(s)

 

 8. Performing Organization Report No.

 
9. Performing Organization Name and Address

General Motors Corporation
30500 Mound Road, Warren, MI 48090-9055

Delphi-Delco Electronic Systems
One Corporate Center, Kokomo, IN 46904

10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)
 
11. Contract or Grant No.

DTNH22-99-H-07019
12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
400 7th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590

13. Type of Report and Period Covered
 First Annual Report
June 1999 - June 2000
14. Sponsoring Agency Code
 
15. Supplementary Notes

This project is being carried out by a team lead by General Motor Corporation, North American Operations. Other major team members include: Delphi-Delco Electronic Systems, Delphi Chassis, Hughes Research Labs, HE Microwave and UMTRI.
16. Abstract

In June of 1999, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration entered into a cooperative research agreement with General Motors to advance the state-of-the-art of rear-end collision warning technology and conduct a field operational test of a fleet of passenger vehicles outfitted with a prototype rear-end collision warning system and adaptive cruise control.

The goal of the research program was to demonstrate the state-of-the-art of rear-end collision warning systems and measure system performance and effectiveness using lay drivers on public roads in the United States.

The five-year program consists of a 2-year development phase during which refinement of component technologies will continue and be integrated into a prototype test vehicle. In the 3-year period of the second program phase, a fleet of ten vehicles will be constructed and outfitted with rear-end collision warning and adaptive cruise control systems and given to volunteer drivers to drive over a period of several weeks. Data collected from on-board vehicle instrumentation will be analyzed and used to estimate potential safety benefits, obtain information on the driving experiences of the volunteer drivers and their acceptance of this next-generation safety technology. The operational test will last approximately one year.

This document reports on the activities and results from the first year of this research program.

17. Key Words

Collision avoidance, crash avoidance, collision warning, rear-end collisions, forward collision warning, human factors, head-up display

 18. Distribution Statement

This document is available from the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161

http://www.ntis.gov
19. Security Classif. (of this report)

None

 20. Security Classif. (of this page)

None

 21. No. of Pages

157

 22. Price
 
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