The application of root cause analysis for definition of scenarios in automotive domain

This paper aim at presenting the work done within the European project RANKERS. The main focus of the paper is the definition of accident scenarios to be implemented in experimental tests to improve the road safety from the infrastructural point of view. The mean applied has been developed from the ISAAC root cause analysis methodology. The choice of using a root cause analysis method has been done with the goal of identifying the factors that could be responsible in some part in the happening of accidents on the European roads. In this article four scenarios have been identified and described from a descriptive and inferential point of view.