AUTONOMOUS EMERGENCY BRAKING APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE

An autonomous emergency braking apparatus (100) is provided for a host vehicle having one or more sensors (120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132) providing one or more sensor signals indicative of status of at least one vehicle adjacent to the host vehicle. The autonomous emergency braking apparatus (100) comprises a vehicle controller (140) arranged to (i) monitor the one or more sensor signals indicative of the status of the at least one vehicle adjacent to the host vehicle, and (ii) provide at least one control signal (144, 146) for controlling extent of deceleration of the host vehicle based upon the status of the at least one vehicle adjacent to the host vehicle in the event of the host vehicle colliding with a vehicle in front of the host vehicle.