How MARA is driving forward road safety research
Worldwide, large volumes of real-world accident data are collected by various institutions and compiled in specialised accident databases. In addition to this, the virtual reconstruction of accidents has become established, with the results being stored in simulation databases (e.g. MARA Multiple Accident Recalculation App) alongside a wide range of realistic accident scenarios. These now form a key basis for the efficient development and validation of modern ADAS and AD functionalities.
With MARA (Multiple Accident Recalculation App), VUFO – a pioneer in the systematic processing of accident data – offers a particularly powerful solution for harnessing this potential. MARA provides direct access to extensive simulation databases whilst allowing for the free and flexible configuration of accident scenarios – regardless of the type of road users, the sensors used, the planning strategy or the response of the system under test.
The key advantage of MARA lies in its targeted, efficient and cost-effective analysis of safety-relevant traffic scenarios. Particularly during the early development stages of driver assistance and communication systems, different system configurations can be rapidly assessed, compared and optimised. This enables systematic weaknesses to be identified at an early stage and development potential to be reliably assessed – long before time-consuming road trials or real-world tests become necessary.
MARA thus ensures a high degree of transparency, comparability and speed in the development process, and plays a key role in bringing innovative ADAS and AD functions to series production more quickly, more safely and more cost-effectively.
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