Quantitative Evaluation of Adaptive Driving Beam Using” A Survey Simulator to Evaluate Safety Systems (ASSESS)” to Reduce Pedestrian Accidents during Nighttime

- Estimation of Reduction of Pedestrian Accidents by ADB -

Abstract

Authors investigated the quantitative evaluation of Adaptive Driving Beam (ADB) by means of simulation program which reproduces the virtual traffic situations in a computer. We selected four typical pedestrian accident patterns on a straight road and decided the necessary parameters for calculation. As a result, in case of low beam headlight, there occur many pedestrian accidents crossing from the right side seen from the driver's viewpoint. Replacing low beam headlight with ADB enables the reduction of accidents. Furthermore, it is revealed that suppressing the vehicle velocity would be a useful countermeasure to reduce pedestrian accidents.