Technical Report 2 (Related Project) - Summary Report

TECHNICAL REPORT 2


TITLE : ENHANCED AUTOMATIC COLLISION NOTIFICATION SYSTEM – IMPROVED
               RESCUE CARE DUE TO INJURY PREDICTION

AUTHOR : Stefan Rauscher, Georg Messner, Peter Baur
                    BMW Group

                    Germany/USA
                    Jeffrey Augenstein, Kennerly Digges, Elana Perdeck

                    William Lehman Injury Research Center
                    University of Miami
                    United States

                    George Bahouth
                    Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
                    United States

                    Oliver Pieske
                    Ludwig -Maximilians- Universität München
                    Germany

LINK :  http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/esv/esv21/09-0049.pdf


SUMMARY : This technical report are written about the initial findings from a database of crashes that  
                         involved BMW equipped with Automatic Crash Notification (ACN) Systems. When the
                         crash happen this system transmit crash notification to the BMW call centre. Then, call          
                         centre will communicate directly to the public safety answering point (PSAP). Finally,
                         PSAP would then utilize the available information to arrange appropriate rescue such as
                         send an ambulance, police and others. This system using GSM and GPS technology which
                         is the function of GSM in this system is to sent the notification of the crash and the function
                         of GPS in this system is to detect the location of the crash. By using this system, BMW can
                         take an action to reduce fatalities.