Traffic Ecosystem

n 1998, Honda started to offer “Internavi,” a car navigation system in Japan that is equipped with communication functions to support safe driving by providing drivers with information on traffic congestion and disasters using driving data collected from Honda vehicles.

In 2013, Honda launched a Safety Map service that integrates and analyzes various information, such as emergency braking information collected through the Internavi system, information on traffic accidents provided by the police and local governments, and traffic information provided by local residents. This service on Honda’s website allows users to learn in advance about areas where accidents frequently occur. In addition to being used by ordinary people, the Safety Map has also been used by local governments and other organizations to improve roads by adding road markings, etc.

These efforts have evolved since then, and in 2017 the Company launched Honda Drive Data Service, a data service that displays dangerous areas on a map in real time, aiming to address social issues, including disaster prevention and traffic accident prevention. Honda is also operating AACN*. This system utilizes vehicle-connected technology to estimate the probability of fatality and serious injury of occupants based on vehicle data at the time of a traffic accident using an algorithm to estimate the probability, and to notify a hospital with a doctor helicopter base so that a doctor helicopter or doctor car can be dispatched at an early stage.

Looking toward the future, Honda is developing its Safe and Sound Network Technology, which connects all traffic participants, i.e., people and mobility vehicles, through telecommunications to predict risks before accidents occur and support accident avoidance.

The Technology utilizes digital twin technology that aggregates information from all traffic participants and recreates the traffic environment in the virtual space. It is characterized by its ability to predict the occurrence of traffic accidents based on human behavior by using

Honda’s proprietary technology to determine the state and characteristics of traffic participants and reflecting them in the virtual space. Traffic participants are informed of supportive information derived from these predictions to prevent traffic accidents and are encouraged to take evasive action before an accident may occur.

Honda is accelerating industry and public-private sector-led efforts toward social implementation of the Safe and Sound Network Technology from 2030 onward.

* The system automatically reports vehicle collision information that is useful for emergency lifesaving by providing accurate location
information and injury prediction when airbags are activated.
Development of a system that extends the scope of coverage to accidents involving pedestrians and motorcycles is planned.