• Qualifications and training for on-board human oversight of testing 
• Criteria and processes for selecting and training test personnel 
• Pre-work shift and post-work shift recommendations

April 2020

• A conceptual framework and lexicon for describing the ODD
• A consistent list of variables with definitions for describing the ODD

June 2020

• Recommended processes for passenger-initiated emergency
• Criteria and processes for passenger initiation of the features from inside a vehicle
• Communication with passengers, fleet operations, enhanced diagnoses of situation
• Interaction outside the vehicle with other road users, and general post-stop actions

Sept 2020

• Common data collection practices for the purpose of event analysis and producing lessons learned.
• Clarifies areas specific to ADS-DVs.
• Definition of data elements, considerations for data prioritization, retrievability, survivability, storage, and traceability.

Dec 2020

• Defines common first responder roles, interactions, and use cases.
• Recommended protocols for ADS developers and manufacturers to use when interacting with first responders across multiple use cases.
• Provides a framework to promote consistency for ADS developers and manufacturers in creating, distributing, and maintaining a first responder interaction plan

Mar 2021

• Foundational set of metrics to assess safety performance of the dynamic driving task.
• Recommends measuring safety outcomes (crashes and compliance with traffic regulations) and predictive metrics: maintaining a safety envelope, exhibit contextually safe vehicle motion control, and object and event detection and response (OEDR).
• Methods for assessing dynamic driving task (DDT) focused on aggregate results of several metrics

Nov 2021

• Clarity on lexicon and relationship between maneuvers, object and event detection and response (OEDR), and behaviors.
• Glimpse into how AVSC members are using behavioral competencies within their organizations as part of a safety assurance framework.
• Elemental behavioral competency list can be used and customized by developers to demonstrate safety performance in whatever context they choose.
• Example of a repeatable method to tie in previous work of AVSC (ODD, Metrics) to develop application-specific metrics, using “Maintaining a Lane” to illustrate.

July 2021

• Information Report shares information on a Safety Management System (SMS) framework considering ADS testing and evaluation.
• Create awareness of sound and effective approaches. Leverage approaches and/or frameworks used by other industries.
• Promote a safety culture, a system to assess and manage safety risk, evaluate risk control strategy effectiveness, and support organizational safety policies and objectives.

•  It outlines types of VRUs and the challenges associated with detecting and classifying them. 
• This document also provides context for building behavioral competencies around safely responding to VRUs and applying metrics to evaluate those behavioral competencies.
• Finally, communication and properly calibrated expectations on the part of both ADS and VRUs will help ensure safe interactions.

• This AVSC information report provides a process for change risk management for fleet-operated ADS-DVs using level 4 or 5 automation.
• The processes and tools outlined are intended to help developers and manufacturers make determinations about risks not captured in the initial risk assessment and decide if further design and/or operational safety measures could be applied.
• Change risk management (CRM) is a process where ADS-DV manufacturers, developers, and fleet operators may evaluate if and how ADS-DV changes affect previously identified and managed safety risks. They may also identify, assess, and manage new safety risks resulting from those changes.