VEHICLE WITH OCCUPANCY-MONITORING SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD

The techniques of this disclosure relate to a vehicle occupancy-monitoring system (10). The system (10) includes a controller circuit (12) that receives occupant data (14) from an occupancy-monitoring sensor (16) of a vehicle (18). The controller circuit (12) determines an occupancy status (20) of respective seats in a cabin of the vehicle (18) based on the occupancy-monitoring sensor (16). The controller circuit (12) indicates the occupancy status (20) of the respective seats on a display (22) located in a field of view of occupants of the vehicle (18). The display (22) is integral to one of a roof light module, a door panel, or a headliner of the cabin. The system (10) can improve passenger safety by alerting the operator and other occupants about the occupancy status (20) of the passengers.