Autonomous Emergency Braking Test Results

Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) systems are becoming increasingly available on new vehicles as either standard fit or as an optional extra. AEB systems use sensors around the vehicle to detect potential collisions and warn or even intervene on behalf of the driver to prevent or mitigate the collision. A group of Insurance funded Research Centres, the AEB Group, authored a series of test procedures based on real world scenarios with the aim of introducing performance tests of these new technologies. Test procedures measure and rate system performance relevant to real world accidents and drive development of AEB systems. 11 different passenger car models from 2012 equipped with second generation AEB systems were tested to the AEB procedures. System performance is rated based on the quantitative response to incrementally more demanding scenarios and differences have been found in the efficacy of systems both in terms or sensor type and implementation. Assessment of system performance provides consumer groups and insurers with a clear indication of which systems may provide the greatest real world benefits.