Effects on Safety (HiDrive D7.3)
Report, 2026
The Hi-Drive safety impact assessment presented in this report addresses the high-level research question: “What is the impact of automated driving (AD) and its enablers on safety?” This forms part of the overall Hi-Drive impact assessment, which also includes the impact areas of mobility, efficiency and environment, transport system, and socio-economic aspects. The goal of the safety impact area is to prospectively assess the safety impacts of AD and its technology enablers for higher market penetrations of AD (10%, 30%, 50%). It provides the direct safety impacts for various driving scenarios, qualitative results on potential indirect impacts, and the scaled-up safety effects at European level.
Connected and automated driving
Advanced driver assistance systems
Automated driving function
Safety benefit
Author
Marcel Sonntag
Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika)
Felix Fahrenkrog
BMW
Satu Innamaa
Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT)
Saeed Rahmani
Delft University of Technology
Lennart Vater
Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika)
Laura Bigi
LAB
Henri Chajmowicz
Antonio Costa
Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT)
Ida Maasalo
Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT)
Jorge Lorente Mallada
Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA
Jordanka Kovaceva
Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Vehicle Safety
Christopher Radinger
BMW
Henri Sintonen
Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT)
Addressing challenges toward the deployment of higher automation (Hi-Drive)
European Commission (EC) (EC/H2020/101006664), 2021-07-01 -- 2025-06-30.
Driving Forces
Sustainable development
Areas of Advance
Transport
Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)
Transport Systems and Logistics
Vehicle and Aerospace Engineering
Publisher
European Commission (EC)