On August 19, the American Automobile Association (AAA) released a report stating that in the next 30 years until the 1950s, the current advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) can prevent the risk of 37 million collision accidents, 14 million injuries, and 250,000 deaths.
At the same time, this also means that these technologies will reduce collision accidents and injuries by 16% and deaths by 22%. In this study, researchers from the American Automobile Association applied L2 level ADAS in 2017 to predict future traffic flow for the next 30 years by the Federal Highway Administration, to estimate how many lives can be saved and how many accidents and injuries can be avoided. It is important to note that the focus of this study is on preventing accidents, not just reducing severity.
However, the American Automobile Association also estimated that if ADAS technology maintains its current level for the next 30 years, it is still possible for more than 73 million people to be injured and 850,000 people to die in car accidents.
Note: Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) rely on a combination of hardware and corresponding software such as cameras, millimeter-wave radar, and lidar to observe and detect roads and obstacles, assist drivers in maintaining safe routes, and include functions such as automatic emergency braking, front and rear collision warning, lane departure warning, lane keeping assistance, adaptive cruise control, and blind spot monitoring.
