Volvo Pedestrian Detection System To Add Night Vision And Animal Detection

Volvo’s Pedestrian Detection System is about to become smarter, with the Swedish carmaker currently developing two new additions to the system.

The system can already detect pedestrians and apply braking if necessary, but soon it will also be able to perform this task in the dark, using a combination of a windscreen mounted camera and a grille mounted radar.

Volvo claims that pedestrian fatalities could fall by up to 42 percent if the technology was fitted to every car.