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Advanced vehicle systems for animal detection and conflict mitigation

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Andy Alden, Virginia Tech
Mitigation / restoration
Technical Session 20: The Emerging Ecosystem of Animal Detection Systems

This presentation will explore opportunities for the application of advanced vehicle onboard systems for animal detection and the potential mitigation of crashes and roadkill resulting from animal-vehicle conflict. Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) are increasingly prevalent on new vehicles as manufacturers respond to regulatory requirements and market competition. These systems include those that provide alerts to drivers with additional progressive intervention that may include automated braking and/or steering to prevent collisions and lane/roadway departure. Commonly available ADAS include Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Keeping Assistance, Dynamic Driving Assistance, and Automatic Emergency Braking. At least one ADAS is available on more than 90% of new car models and many are progressively becoming standard equipment. These systems typically depend upon input from various sensors not found on vehicles not equipped with these ADAS. These sensors may include visual and far-infrared cameras, radar, lidar, and acoustic depending upon the type of ADAS. The presence of these sensors provides a host of opportunities for the detection of animals on and near the roadway. Once detected, the same alerts and automated responses that enhance safety in multi-vehicle traffic may be used to prevent animal strikes and vehicle roadway departures. Additionally, with the increased connectivity that increasingly available communication technologies such as Cellular Vehicle to Everything (C-V2X) provide, information about the presence of animals on or near the roadway gleaned by one vehicle and/or its driver may be shared with nearby approaching vehicles to provide advance warning of potential hazards.

ADAS
animal detection
Mitigation
safety
collision
crash
departure
automation

Header image courtesy of Martin Gradjean -- Air Traffic Network

ICOET 2025 — International Conference On Ecology and Transportation