US Uber automatic driving accident 37 cases before last year's death accident November 6 10:32
By March last year, when U.S.-based dispatcher Uber had a fatal accident during a test run of autonomous driving, it was found that there were 37 other crashes involving Uber's test vehicle. I will investigate the cause of the accident.
Uber, a major vehicle dispatcher, caused the first pedestrian death in the United States during an autonomous driving test in Western Arizona last March, but the US NTSB = National Transportation Safety Commission During the year and a half before the incident occurred, it was revealed that there were 37 other crashes involving Uber test vehicles.
Of these, 33 were cases where another vehicle collided with the test vehicle or collided with the side, and there were 2 cases where the test vehicle collided with another vehicle or a roadside pole. I will investigate the detailed cause of the accident.
Uber was forced to cancel the test following the death in March last year, but then restarted the test and received the announcement " I want to consider carefully. "
In the United States, there is a high expectation for automated driving technology as a technology to reduce fatal accidents, and there are plenty of trial runs on public roads. Safety measures are likely to be asked.