A VEHICLE SAFETY ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM

There is disclosed a vehicle safety electronic control system (8), which is preferably provided in the form of an integrated electronic control unit. The system comprises a first microcontroller (11) having a lockstep architecture with a lockstep core (14); and a second microcontroller (12) having at least two processing cores (16, 17). The lockstep core (14) of the first microcontroller (11) is configured to monitor and control outputs of said at least two cores (16, 17) of the second microcontroller (12).