Published at February, 02 2022

Updated on June, 10 2024

Automated and connected road transport

  • Transport routier automatisé et connecté

The recent technological developments make it possible to provide increasingly efficient delegated driving functions for different types of vehicles and different uses: private vehicles, public and shared transport, freight transport and logistics.


Strategic framework


National strategy

France established a national strategy for the deployment of automated and connected road mobility since 2018, which has been regulalry updated since then.

European strategic framework

Europe adopted a strategy for the development of automated and connected road mobility in May 2018, which was completed in December 2020.

Legislative and regulatory framework

Automated road transport

The deployment of automated vehicles and mobility services in France is made possible by the legislative and regulatory framework, which complements the European vehicle approval framework.

For more information on vehicle homologation, see the following page : Vehicle type-approval (FR)

Data exchange

Data exchange from vehicles and road infrastructures is subject to legislative and regulatory provisions at both national and European level, mainly for road safety and operational purposes.

Vehicle data access is provided by the Mobility Law (LOM) of December 24, 2019, for the purposes of learning about incidents, accidents, dangerous traffic conditions, traffic and road infrastructure conditions, accident investigations and feedback on critical scenarios for automated driving.

Ordinance n° 2021-442 of 14 April 2021 related to vehicle data access

Decree n° 2023-644 of 20 July 2023 related to the access of certain vehicle data

Road traffic data is the subject of a part of European legislation and regulations (Intelligent Transport System Directive) designed to facilitate the supply and exchange of such data, with a view to improving road information and, ultimately, traffic conditions and safety.

(UE) 2022/670 REGULATION


Safety assessment and demonstration


Demonstrating safety is a key element in the deployment of automated road transport systems. This safety demonstration can be based on a body of methodological documents and technical guides.

The STRMTG (Technical service for ski lifts and guided transport), part of the French Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, is responsible for developing and updating safety assessment and demonstration standards.

Product guides are available on the STRMTG website :

Technical guide (in French) - Description and safety analysis of predefined routes for ARTSs - March 2024

Implementation guide (in French) - Requirements to the in-service safety management system of ARTSs - November 2023

Implementation guide - Cybersecurity of ARTSs - December 2022

Implementation guide (in French) - Mission of the approved qualified body for the safety assessment and audit for the driving of STRAs - October 2022

Technical guide - « GAME » safety demonstration for ARTSs - September 2022

Implementation guide - "Globaly at least Equivalent" (GAME) principle for automated road transport systems - December 2021

GRVA, which is one of WP.29 subgroups, is responsible for hamronizing UNECE vehicle regulations and deals with safety provisions relating to vehicle dynamics (braking, steering), advanced driver assistance systems, automated driving systems and cybersecurity provisions.

An ADS regulation, based on the European regulation (EU) 2022/1426, is currently being drafted by GRVA. This draft is based on functional safety recommendations for system design and test validation methods.

GRVA's FADS task force is also piloting the work of WP.29 subgroups on updating existing regulations for driverless vehicles.

GRVA's AVC task force has begun work on vehicle categorization, coordinated across all WP.29 subgroups.

Connectivity needs

Traffic information and, in the future, the development of driving automation are growing with connectivity needs, requiring prioritization and coordination of use cases and deployments.

Perception and acceptability

The perception and acceptability of automated vehicles is a key factor in their development. Various studies, in particular national and local surveys, allow us to monitor these issues, which are discussed during a national seminar.

An annual survey of French perceptions has been carried out since 2018.

Initially built around the perception of the automated vehicle as an object of the future, it now proposes to assess the French people's level of knowledge of driver assistance systems deployed in private vehicles, the level of acceptability of automated transport systems as part of new mobility services, as well as public expectations of specific features linked to usage (man-machine interface, for example).

Statistics on changes in French people's perceptions over time are also produced.

A bibliographic follow-up is carried out in parallel with perception surveys on a European and international scale.

The bibliographic follow-up also includes a focus on current issues: environmental challenges, man-machine interfaces, driver/consumer information and training.

A national seminar, chaired by Anne-Marie Idrac, who is in charge of the national strategy for the development of automated and connected road mobility, is organized every year and brings together all the players in the French ecosystem (administrations, parliamentarians, elected representatives, manufacturers, consumer associations, technical and academic bodies).

Implementation of deployment in territories (FR)

Automated and connected road transport: resources for the territories