ESTIMATION OF RISK EXPOSURE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

The present invention relates to methods and systems for estimating a risk exposure of a vehicle equipped with an automated driving system (ADS) in a virtual test environment. In particular the present invention relates to estimations of the risk exposure of an ADS-equipped vehicle that includes for the second order risk, i.e. the risk which an adverse event imposes on the ADS-equipped vehicle while accounting for the ADS's capability of avoiding an incident (e.g. nearcollision or collision) should the adverse event take place.