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Automated Collision Notification: Operation Field Test

Project Objective

To design, build, and deploy an system that determines a serious collision has occurred and automatically summons Emergency Medical Services response, using 1000 privately owned cars in a large area covering the western portion of New York State.

Project Manager
Arthur Carter, email: arthur.carter@nhtsa.dot.gov
NHTSA Research and Development, Office of Vehicle Safety Research
400 Seventh Street, SW
Washington, D.C. 20590
(202) 366-5669
Completion Date
October 1998
Research Organizations
Intelligent Transportation Systems