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> The modern Level 2 car is already today at below 1 fatality per billion vehicle miles travelled (VMT) Does this statistic count fatalities to people outside
by cipheredStones 4y ago
> The modern Level 2 car is already today at below 1 fatality per billion vehicle miles travelled (VMT)
Does this statistic count fatalities to people outside the car? I ask because (in the US, at least) car safety ratings don't take those into consideration.
- rootusrootus 4y ago> in the US, at least) car safety ratings don't take those into consideration Which ratings? The NHTSA does include non-occupant fatalities in their statistics. E.g. https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/2020-traffic-crash-data-fatalities https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/2020-traffic-crash-data...
- cipheredStones 4y agoNHTSA safety ratings (https://www.nhtsa.gov/ratings https://www.nhtsa.gov/ratings) only count people in the car. It looks like they proposed a change to that this spring (https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/five-star-safety-ratings-program-updates-proposed https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/five-star-safety-rating...), but I don't think they've implemented it yet. From that press release: > For the first time ever, [the proposed rating program] includes technology recommendations not only for drivers and passengers but for road users outside the vehicle, like pedestrians. News story on this: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/3/22960262/nhtsa-ncap-five-star-safety-rating-adas-proposal https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/3/22960262/nhtsa-ncap-five-s...