With the emergence of highly automated vehicles in mixed traffic, both traffic safety and the interactions between different road users will undergo significant changes. AWARE2ALL is developing integrated and innovative safety systems (passive and active systems) as well as internal and external human-machine interfaces, that are connected through a comprehensive understanding of the traffic situation. The goal is to ensure the safety of highly automated vehicles in mixed traffic for all road users.

In Aware2All, the Institute is leading the Task "Passive Safety System", which focuses on designing safety systems for highly autonomous vehicles, including interior components such as seats and cladding, as well as structural elements of the body-in-white. The vehicle structures and interior components of highly automated cars raise distinctive new safety challenges. The goal is to develop and analyse passive safety features, such as airbags and seating structures, to protect a greater variety of adult occupants, regardless of size, age, seating posture, or orientation. This is accomplished by designing new passive safety concepts and adaptive safety systems that respond dynamically to real-time crash situations and conditions within the vehicle.