Driving to safety: How many miles of driving would it take to demonstrate autonomous vehicle reliability?

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 182-193

  Kalra, Nidhi ^a   Paddock, Susan M ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous vehicles; Reliability; Safety; Statistical significance; Test driving; Vehicle automation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; RELIABILITY; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

FULLY-AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS; STATISTICAL EVIDENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEST DRIVINGS; VEHICLE AUTOMATIONS; VEHICLE RELIABILITY; VEHICLE-MILES TRAVELED;

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES;

AUTOMATION; AUTOMOBILE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84991261592     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2016.09.010     Document Type: Article

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