VErification methods for Robust Driver Assist System performance 3 (VERDAS 3)

Purpose and goal

The overall goal is to support significantly improved road safety for automated vehicles by developing physical and virtual verification methods for the efficient development of Driver assistance systems to take care of a larger part of all accident scenarios and that the safety function performance should be robust in real-world accident scenarios. Although retrospective studies of vehicles with ADAS show a reduction in fatalities and serious injuries, they still show limitations.

Expected effects and result

The Euro NCAP update 2026 of robustness test methods will improve the overall performance, but there will still be relevant accident scenarios missing. VERDAS 3 will review of all accident scenarios for Car-to-VRU, Car-to-Car and Car-to-Powered two-wheeler and develop proposals for relevant virtual and physical robustness test methods for new scenarios and updates of other scenarios for Euro NCAP 2029.

Planned approach and implementation

AstaZero AB will be leading the project and the partners are If, Folksam, Trafikverket, Volvo Car Corporation, Toyota, Zenseact, Aptiv and Terranet Tech AB. The project will be conducted during January 2026 - December 2026 and will include Field data analysis, Definition of Robustness test scenarios / Robustness test methods, Effective intervention strategies, Verification of robustness test methods and also Physical/Virtual test protocols, all in dialog with Euro NCAP.