Autonomous Vehicles and Road Safety

The article is about participation of autonomous vehicles in traffic and their impact on road safety. The aim of the article is to present the opportunities of using autonomous vehicles to meet the needs related to the movement of persons and goods, in the context of improving road safety. Road transport is the most popular branch of the transport, which is reflected in its share in generating fatalities at all transport processes. Entry into service of the autonomous vehicles for transport of people and goods, can contribute to improving road safety indicators and, consequently, to reduce the social, economic and environmental costs incurred in connection with road traffic. Reducing or eliminating the impact of the human factor from the decision-making process regarding the quality and way of participating in road traffic may prove to be a landmark step in reducing road deaths.