Automated Driving Testing and Evaluation Materials Toolkit
This page offers a condensed view on automated driving testing and evaluation materials available from a series of European Commission support actions: FOT-Net, CARTRE and ARCADE. The materials are sorted according to FESTA V phases.

Function Identification & Description
FESTA Handbook Chapter: From Functions to Hypotheses
Webinar: Context, functions, use cases, research questions and hypotheses
Connected and automated vehicles – Vocabulary BSI Flex 1890 v4.0:2022-03
Use Cases
FESTA Handbook Chapter: From Functions to Hypotheses
Webinar: Context, functions, use cases, research questions and hypotheses
- SCOUT D2.3 Report on use cases and comprehensive vision for connected and automated driving in EU
- ERTRAC CAD Roadmap, March 2019
- CAR 2 CAR Roadmap, Nov 2018
- A joint white paper by three 5G projects, Oct 2020
Research Questions
FESTA Handbook Chapter: From Functions to Hypotheses
Webinar: Context, functions, use cases, research questions and hypotheses
PIs & Study Design
FESTA Handbook Chapter: Performance Indicators
FESTA Handbook Chapter: Experimental Procedures
Webinar: Performance indicators, study design, measures and sensors
- CARTRE D5.3 Societal impacts of automated driving
- Key performance indicators for assessing the impacts of automation in road transportation: Results of the Trilateral key performance indicator survey
- L3Pilot D3.2 Experimental Procedure, 2019
Measures and Sensors
FESTA Handbook Chapter: Guidelines for Data Acquisition
Webinar: Performance indicators, study design, measures and sensors
Using / Driving
FESTA Handbook Chapter: Guidelines for Data Acquisition
FESTA Handbook Chapter: Planning and Running a Field Operational Test
- Micro-FESTA – lessons learned from small tests, regulator perspectives
- One-pager on the importance of piloting
- Checklist for participant introduction
- Informed consent checklist
- L3Pilot Evaluation Methods, questionnaires as annexes
- L3Pilot D3.2 Experimental Procedure, 2019
- Starting Your Own Pilot – Sohjoa Baltic. The Roadmap to Automated Electric Shuttles in Public Transport
Ethical and Legal Issues
FESTA Handbook Chapter: Legal and Ethical Issues
Webinar: Legal and ethical issues
Webinar: Data sharing
Database
FESTA Handbook Chapter: Guidelines for FOT Databases and Analysis Tools
Webinar: Databases, data analysis and hypothesis testing
- Data Sharing Framework
- Common Data Format as suggested by L3Pilot
- European Data Protection Board’s Guidelines 1/2020 on processing personal data in the context of connected vehicles and mobility related applications
Data Analysis
FESTA Handbook Chapter: Data Analysis and Modelling
Webinar: Databases, data analysis and hypothesis testing
Webinar: Impact assessment and socioeconomic cost–benefit analysis
- UDrive dataset and key analysis results, including a video annotation codebook
- Key performance indicators for assessing the impacts of automation in road transportation: Results of the Trilateral key performance indicator survey
- FOT-Net Data anonymisation workshop materials
- FOT-Net Tool Catalogue
Impact Assessment
FESTA Handbook Chapter: Socio-Economic Impact
Webinar: Impact assessment and socioeconomic cost–benefit analysis
- CARTRE D5.3 Societal impacts of automated driving
- Trilateral Impact Assessment Framework for Automation in Road Transportation
- System Dynamics Modelling of CAD Impacts
- C-Roads evaluation plan
- Online calculator for Economic Efficiency Evaluation of road safety counter measures
- eIMPACT Methodological framework and database for socio-economic evaluation of Intelligent Vehicle Safety Systems and their Impact assessment of Intelligent Vehicle Safety Systems
- L3Pilot Evaluation Methods
Materials planned for the next knowledge-base update:
- More handbook-level links and useful documents. Please use the feedback form to suggest!
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