Comparative analysis of AEB effectiveness based on typical and atypical scenarios of electric two-wheeler accidents in China

Electric two-wheeler (ETW) accidents are one of the most important types of traffic accidents in China. Currently, the China New Car Assessment Program (C-NCAP) has proposed test scenarios to evaluate the effectiveness of autonomous emergency braking (AEB) for ETWs, including several common typical crash scenarios, but other atypical scenarios have not been considered. To determine the performance of AEB in real accidents, 16 in-depth accident cases with typical scenarios and 11 cases with atypical scenarios were selected based on a proposed C-NCAP typical scenario set and reconstructed using the virtual simulation tools MADYMO and PC-Crash. The crashes were re-simulated with a car equipped with an AEB system while varying the sensor field of view (FOV), time-to-collision (TTC), sensor delay time (SDT), and lateral trigger width ( W). The results show that for almost all combinations of AEB parameters, the crash avoidance rate was much higher in the typical scenario than that in the atypical scenario. When using an AEB with a FOV of 90° (±45°), all ETW accidents were avoided in typical scenarios, while even with the most efficient AEB system (FOV = ±60°, TTC trigger value = 1.5 s, SDT = 0.1 s), only 82% of crashes were avoided in atypical scenarios. Further considering the effect of lateral width, increasing the width from 2 to 5 m, the maximum avoidance rate of the AEB system increased by 43% in the typical scenarios and 18% in the atypical scenarios. The findings suggest that the typical AEB test scenarios proposed for C-NCAP were useful for other crash scenarios, but that including additional test scenarios may better reflect real world crash scenarios. It is recommended that atypical scenarios should be considered in C-NCAP, particularly perpendicular crash scenarios with the car or ETW turning, to better describe real accidents and improve vehicle safety.

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