VULNERABLE ROAD USER HIGHLIGHTING ON HYBRID AUGMENTED REALITY HEAD-UP DISPLAYS

A system and method include receiving sensor data detected by a sensor system of a vehicle, the sensor data including one or more data fragments located outside of a line of sight of a driver of the vehicle, classifying, based on the sensor data, the one or more data fragments as a vulnerable road user, and determining, based on the sensor data, location data of the vulnerable road user. The system and method also include assessing a threat level between the vulnerable road user and the vehicle, and displaying, via head-up displays, a graphical alert alerting the driver of the vehicle to the vulnerable road user, the graphical alert including an augmented reality image overlay and a virtual image, the augmented reality image overlay different from the virtual image.