Intelligent Emergency Braking helps the Serena to full JNCAP marks

JNCAP results of 27 May 2020 gave the Nissan Serena full marks for preventive safety in fiscal 2019, 141 of 141 points. The tests included braking for pedestrians at night without street lights.

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    Pedestrians stand to gain, but JNCAP reports assessment scores and no crash outcomes.

Depth runs from 1, a convenience or time saved, to 5, a life or a livelihood preserved.

Status
Reported benefit.
Evidence

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Two independent assessment reports support the benefit.

The system’s part
Not isolated. JNCAP tested the car with its systems on and ran no test without them. MLIT's release and score sheet do not describe the sensors or how the system recognizes pedestrians. Nissan writes that it improved the system's detection of pedestrians at night but does not say how. None of the documents shows that the detection learns from data.
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Benefit type
Increased Product Safety
System
Intelligent Emergency Braking with the other preventive safety systems, as fitted to the Nissan Serena and Suzuki Landy (fiscal 2019)
Made by
Nissan
Used by
Nissan and Suzuki (fitted to the Serena and to the Landy, rated with it)
Where
Japan
Stage
In routine use
Date
, when the source was published
Kind
Aggregate result
Broad benefit
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events, Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
Collections
Scrutiny and findings
Last revised
1 November 2026

Sources

  1. Assessment report, by authors with no tie to the system.

    Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), with the National Agency for Automotive Safety and Victims' Aid (NASVA). 令和元年度「自動車アセスメント」の評価結果を公表します！ Press release, 27 May 2020. In English, the quoted passage says that the Toyota Alphard/Vellfire, the Nissan Serena with the Suzuki Landy and the Lexus NX and UX scored full marks, beat the previous highest score and so won the grand prize for preventive safety performance.

    トヨタ「アルファード/ヴェルファイア」、日産「セレナ」・スズキ「ランディ」、レクサス｢ＮX｣、｢ＵX｣ が満点を獲得し、これまでの最高得点を超えたため、予防安全性能評価大賞

  2. Assessment report, by authors with no tie to the system.

    Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). 令和元年度 自動車アセスメント評価結果（予防安全性能評価）, attachment 1 to the press release of 27 May 2020. The quoted row gives the Serena and Landy the ASV+++ rank and 141.0 points, with full scores for braking for vehicles (32.0), pedestrians by day (25.0), pedestrians at night with street lights (40.0) and without them (15.0), lane departure prevention (16.0), rear view information (6.0), advanced headlights (5.0) and acceleration suppression for pedal errors (2.0).

    日産 セレナ スズキ ランディ ASV+++ 141.0 32.0 25.0 40.0 15.0 16.0 6.0 5.0 2.0

  3. Press release, by the makers.

    Nissan Motor Co. 日産自動車、「セレナ」が2019年度自動車アセスメント（JNCAP）の予防安全性能評価において、満点で最高評価「ASV+++」を獲得. News release, 3 March 2020. In English, the quoted passage says that the Serena, with Intelligent Emergency Braking that detects pedestrians at night better, adaptive LED headlights, pedal-error collision prevention, Intelligent Lane Intervention and Intelligent Around View Monitor with moving object detection, scored the full 141.0 of 141 points and the top rank, ASV+++.

    「セレナ」は、2019年度の予防安全性能評価において、夜間歩行者の検知性能を向上させた「インテリジェント エマージェンシーブレーキ」、ハイビームアシストの進化機能である「アダプティブLEDヘッドライトシステム」、「踏み間違い衝突防止アシスト」、「インテリジェント LI（車線逸脱防止支援システム）」、「インテリジェント アラウンドビューモニター（移動物 検知機能付）」などの先進安全技術を装備した車両において、満点となる141.0点（141点満点中）で最高評価の「ASV+++」を獲得しました。

Details

AI system

Workflow

The Serena carried Intelligent Emergency Braking, adaptive LED headlights and other preventive safety systems. JNCAP added braking for pedestrians at night without street lights to its fiscal 2019 assessment.

Follow-up

Conditions for replication

Weather, surroundings and road conditions let the systems work, since MLIT warns that they may not work fully in some conditions. The driver stays in control, since MLIT describes these devices as aids to the driver.

Entry details

Sector

Road vehicle crash avoidance.

Purpose

Nissan built Intelligent Emergency Braking to detect vehicles and pedestrians ahead and to brake automatically to avoid or lessen a collision.

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Cite this record

Peter H. Vartanian. (2026). Intelligent Emergency Braking helps the Serena to full JNCAP marks (AIBD-1102). Artificial Intelligence Benefits Database, edition of 1 November 2026. https://petervartanian.xyz/aibd/records/AIBD-1102.html (archived at https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/AADSII, version 7.0)

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