2020/12/15 by Levent Guvenc, Levent Güvenç, Guvenc, Levent
Computer Science · Engineering · Medicine · #Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics #FOS: Electrical engineering #Systems and Control (eess.SY) #Transportation Safety and Impact Analysis #Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems #cs.SY #eess.SY #electronic engineering #information engineering
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2012.08031
12 pages, 7 figures
openalex publication_date 2020/12/15 · arxiv created 2022/03/04 · arxiv updated 2022/03/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Road vehicle safety systems can be broadly classified into the two categories of passive and active systems. The aim of passive safety systems is to reduce risk of injury to the occupants of the vehicle during and after an accident like a crash or rollover. Passive safety systems include the design of safety restraints, design for crashworthiness, seat belts and air bags. In contrast to passive systems, the aim in active safety is to prevent an accident from occurring in the first place. As such, it makes sense to call them preventive systems also. Here, the concentration is on preventive and active safety systems. The current state of the art in some key preventive and active safety systems is presented in this paper, wherein the various techniques used are also explained briefly. In some cases, the presentation is complemented with results obtained in the research group of the author. A road map of expected future developments in the area of preventive and safety applications is also presented.