An accident prevention system and a vehicle including the accident prevention system

A vehicle (12) with an accident prevention system 10 is disclosed. The vehicle (12) includes a vehicle body (30). The vehicle (12) also has a foot brake (42) to stop the vehicle (12). The system (10) includes a sensor arrangement (14) for detecting an object behind a rear end (38) of the vehicle (12) that generates an object recognition signal when it detects an object within range behind the vehicle (12). ). The sensor arrangement (14) includes passive IR sensors (15) or reflected pulse sensors such as sonar or radar sensors (50) at the rear end (38). A controller (20) generates an accident prevention response signal by receiving an object recognition signal from the sensor array (14). A brake applicator (26) is operatively coupled to the brake (42) to stop the vehicle (12) when the controller (20) generates an accident prevention response signal. Conveniently, the system (10) also includes an alarm (22) for sounding an alarm signal at the same time. The system (12) is useful to prevent an accident in which a vehicle reversing at low speed collides with a person.</p> <p>(Automatic translation with Google Translate, without legal value)