Research on test and evaluation of automatic emergency braking system for pedestrian night condition based on Chinese traffic characteristics

Pedestrians are the most important vulnerable road traffic participant. According to the traffic accident survey, pedestrian fatalities exceed 30% of total fatalities. Among the accident scenarios of car to pedestrian, car to pedestrian crossing and car to pedestrian longitudinal are the most frequent. Research shows that the accident rate is higher at nighttime than daytime. In this paper, based on the characteristics of road traffic accidents in China and combined with the nighttime illumination characteristics of Chinese roads, we focused on the study of automatic emergency braking (AEB) system for pedestrian nighttime test and evaluation scenarios, and carried out the validation of test methods and test techniques.