Safety methodology approach for Automated Road Transport Systems
Abstract
SAM research project is federating automotive and mobility partners, transport operators, research institutes and French authorities to bring answers to the questions risen by the establishment of French LOM law and international regulations concerning automated vehicles and Automated Road Transportation Systems (ARTS). The safety working group of SAM project developed in 2021 a safety approach based on the implementation of three complementary safety analyses compliant with GAME Safety Principle required by LOM law. The safety analyses will be described in this document in order to guarantee the utmost level of risk identification and treatment. They include a top-down approach (e.g. a Preliminary Hazard Analysis), a bottom-up approach (e.g. a Functional Hazard Analysis), and a Site Safety Analysis. In addition to these safety analyses, the document mainly describes the methodology for allocating quantitative safety targets as part of an explicit risk estimation.