Overview
ASSESS mobilises the European research community and car industry to develop a relevant set of test and assessment methods applicable to a wide range of integrated vehicle safety systems. Methods will be developed for driver behavioural aspects, pre crash sensing performance and crash performance under conditions influenced by pre crash driver and vehicle actions. The gained know-how will be implemented in proposals for test and assessment procedures that will be evaluated on the basis of actual systems currently offered to the market.
The objective of ASSESS is to stimulate the introduction of new crucial technologies in vehicles to further reduce road fatalities and injuries to car occupants in Europe: to make the traffic environment safer for road users. In addition, the project aims to increase the level of competitiveness of the European automobile industry. Safety is a proven selling point.
The ASSESS project is structured in 5 technical work packages (WP), as follows:
- WP1: definition of targets and final verification;
- WP2: safety impact assessment and cost-economic assessment;
- WP3: behavioural aspects;
- WP4: pre-crash performance;
- WP5: crash performance.
THe importance of the project is underlined by a substantial involvement of the European car industry (OEM's and suppliers) in this project and their willingness to provide systems and relevant know-how to this project. Specific goals are the development of harmonized and standardized assessment procedures, and related tools for selected integrated safety systems. Procedures will be developed for driver behaviour evaluation, pre crash system performance evaluation, crash performance evaluation and socio economic assessment.
To create acceptance and accelerate the implementation of the results in test and assessment procedures for type approval and consumer rating purposes, an advisory board consisting of leading EU OEM's, EuroNCAP and UTAC will be consulted on an annual basis or more often when needed.
The direct involvement of EuroNCAP will raise the public awareness of the benefits of these new advanced safety systems by means of easy understandable rating systems.
Funding
Results
The main results of the ASSESS project are to develop test and assessment procedures as well as related tools for frontal precrash sensing systems. Procedures are being developed for driver behaviour evaluation, pre crash system performance evaluation, crash performance evaluation as well as socio economic assessment.
Innovation aspects
One of the goals of the ASSESS project is to increase consumer awareness of the functionalities and benefits of forwardlooking collision mitigation systems for passenger cars. Work package 2 aims especially at providing figures of the benefits of the systems in monetary terms. The assessment shall show from a society point of view whether the systemspay off also if their costs are considered. Besides improving the rationality of consumer decisions with respect to the safety features of the car, Governments as well as marketing departments in the automotive industry need a thorough assessment of the safety impact of new technologies before they are marketed.
Strategy targets
1.4 Acting on Transport Safety: saving thousands of lives