PEDESTRIAN ALERT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VEHICLE

A pedestrian alert system and method that gather vehicle route information from a host vehicle and pedestrian route information from mobile device(s) associated with one or more nearby pedestrian(s) and, in certain scenarios, alert the driver of the host vehicle to the presence of the pedestrian(s). The system may include a vehicle electronic module with a data storage unit, an electronic control unit, one or more application(s) and a communications unit, along with a navigation control module and a user interface.