VEHICULAR OCCUPANT HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM

A vehicular occupant health monitoring system includes a heartbeat sensor disposed at a vehicle and operable to capture sensor data measuring an aspect associated with the heart of an occupant of the vehicle. An electronic control unit (ECU) includes a processor operable to process sensor data captured by the heartbeat sensor and provided to the ECU. The ECU retrieves a profile associated with an occupant from a plurality of profiles, the retrieved profile including nominal health data of the occupant. The vehicular occupant health monitoring system determines whether the measured aspect associated with the heart of the occupant is abnormal. The nominal health data is updated based on processing at the ECU of additional sensor data captured by the heartbeat sensor. Responsive to determining the measured aspect associated with the heart of the occupant is abnormal, speed of the vehicle is prohibited from exceeding a predetermined threshold.