AVSC Best Practice for Data Collection for Automated Driving System-Dedicated Vehicles (ADS-DVs) to Support Event Analysis

As technology and functionality of vehicle systems change, so do data recording needs. In ADS-dedicated vehicles (DV), the ADS perceives the environment and handles vehicle motion control, i.e., the dynamic driving task (DDT), as described in SAE J3016. When an ADS takes the place of a human driver, its sensing, processing, and control systems necessitate new considerations for data recording. Data recording is important to crash reconstruction, system performance investigations, and event analysis. It enables industry-wide improvements in ADS safety. This best practice makes recommendations for the ADS-DV data needed to support: (1) information about what the ADS "saw" and "did" and (2) identify the technology-relevant factors that contributed to the event.

The Best Practice for Data Collection for Automated Driving System Dedicated Vehicles (ADS-DVs) to Support Event Analysis makes recommendations for the collection, storage, and retrievability of onboard motor vehicle ADS event data. A list of 39 data elements are recommended for ADS-DVs to collect, including 14 new elements specific to ADS-DVs and 25 elements either previously defined or adapted from legacy standards in data collection.