Developing a Safety Management System for the Automated Vehicle Industry
2025-01-8673
To be published on 04/01/2025
- Event
- Content
- Safety Management Systems (SMS) have demonstrated value in many safety-critical industries and are now increasingly being developed and deployed in the automated driving system (ADS)-equipped vehicle (AV) sector. Industries with a longer history of SMS deployment have established SMS standards tailored to their specific industry. Several frameworks for an AV industry SMS have been proposed or are currently under development. However, these frameworks borrow heavily from the aviation industry although the AV and aviation industries differ in many significant ways. In this context, there is an important need to review the approach to develop an SMS that is tailored specifically to the AV industry, building on lessons learned from other safety-sensitive industries. This paper outlines a proposed SMS framework for the AV industry based on robust taxonomy development and validation criteria.
- Citation
- Wichner, D., Wishart, J., sergent, J., and Swaminathan, S., "Developing a Safety Management System for the Automated Vehicle Industry," SAE Technical Paper 2025-01-8673, 2025, .