Are automated vehicles safer than manually driven cars?

34 4 Are Electric Vehicles Safer than Combustion Engine Vehicles ?

Newer cars : Much safer

Secondary safety refers to mitigation of injury given that a crash occurs, as distinct from prevention of crashes. Evidence is presented that secondary safety of new cars has been improving substantially in recent years. (a) Single-car crashes, South Australia. The later the year of the car, the smaller is the probability of the driver being killed. (b) Car-car collisions, South Australia. Comp...

Crash-related mortality and model year: are newer vehicles safer?

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine whether occupants of newer vehicles experience a lower risk of crash-related mortality. METHODS The occurrence of death was studied in relation to vehicle model year (MY) among front seat vehicular occupants, age ≥ 16 captured in the National Automotive Sampling System Crashworthiness Data System (NASS-CDS) between 2000 and 2008. The asso...

DeepTest: Automated Testing of Deep-Neural-Network-driven Autonomous Cars

Recent advances in Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have led to the development of DNN-driven autonomous cars that, using sensors like camera, LiDAR, etc., can drive without any human intervention. Most major manufacturers including Tesla, GM, Ford, BMW, and Waymo/Google are working on building and testing different types of autonomous vehicles. The lawmakers of several US states including Californi...

Are schools safer for children than public places?

OBJECTIVE To investigate the frequency and severity of accidents to children in schools. METHODS Retrospective analysis of accidents occurring in school over a six month period and resulting in attendance at an accident and emergency department. Comparison was made with accidents occurring in public places, RESULTS During the study period there were 127 school and 251 public place accidents...