Safety culture and automated vehicles SCAV

Important results from the project

The project´s objective has been to develop methods to improve safety culture where people and automated technology work together as agents in a joint system, as well as to develop measurement tools where sustainability, gender equality and safety are evaluated for the introduction of self-driving vehicles and machines. The project has developed a first draft of a process model where safety culture is integrated into the development of self-driving vehicles and machines. The project has also developed a survey.

Expected long term effects

The process model for including safety culture in the development of autonomous vehicles and machines is expected to contribute in the long term to a more customer-focused approach where the conditions for end use are identified at an earlier stage. It is hoped that this will contribute to increased safety, but also efficiency, in the use of the autonomous vehicles and machines. From a more short-term perspective, knowledge of safety culture has increased within the project team during the implementation of the project.

Approach and implementation

Case studies from two different domains have been conducted self-driving buses and self-driving industrial trucks. Interviews have been conducted with developers, customers and end users. A survey has been developed to measure safety culture, gender equality culture and sustainability culture in organizations that develop self-driving vehicles. In addition to this, data from incident reports has been analyzed. A process model where safety culture is integrated into the development of self-driving vehicles and machines has been worked out via workshops.