Traffic Safety Committee
1.Aim of activity
The 11th Basic Safety Plan set the goal of reducing the number of fatalities within 24 hours to 2,000 or less and the number of seriously injured persons to 22,000 or less. These numerical targets are far different from the current situation, and more than ever, effective safety measures for each target accident are needed. In particular, major issues are ensuring the safety of the elderly and children, ensuring the safety of pedestrians and bicycles, and promoting the use of cutting-edge technology. In addition, as demonstration experiments of self-driving cars on public roads are progressing in Japan and overseas, there are reports of property damage and personal injury accidents occurring in Japan, and it is necessary to consider traffic accidents specific to self-driving. It is.
This committee believes that it is necessary to analyze the current situation and consider countermeasures from a new perspective, and will seek effective traffic safety initiatives that take a bird's-eye view of changes in social conditions and technological development.
2.Chairman/Secretary (2026-27)
| Chairman | Yasuhiro Matsui (National Agency for Automotive Safety and Technology) |
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3.Main target areas/matters
- Collision safety/Fire safety/Preventive safety/Integrated safety
- Emergency care/occupant protection/pedestrian/motorcycle occupant protection/vulnerable road user protection
- Accident avoidance/collision prediction
- Rear collision/side collision/front collision
- Drive recorder/EDR
- Pedestrian detection/protection
- Damage mitigation brake/alarm
- Accident Report System (ACN)
- road environment recognition
- Elderly Tolerance/Elderly Driving Characteristics
4. Volunteer activities
The Technical Committee will conduct its activities with the following issues in mind: 1) understanding the current state of the traffic environment and traffic accidents from the perspective of protecting vulnerable road users, and looking ahead to the future; 2) identifying challenges related to ensuring safety in all aspects of mobility in response to the evolution of new technologies; and 3) exchanging information related to the formulation of safety measures in various fields.