Advanced Messaging Concept Development Basic Safety Message

datahub.transportation.gov | Last Updated 13 May 2024

Contains all Basic Safety Messages (BSMs) collected during the Advanced Messaging Concept Development (AMCD) field testing program. For this project, all of the Part I BSM message fields were populated. Additional data fields were also added to the row to identify sender, time of communication, mode of communication, etc., allowing the consumer of this data set to accurately track messages through the system. All BSMs are generated by OBUs and ultimately received by the VCC Cloud server.

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This dataset has the following 27 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
OBU IDobu_idnumberThis field contains the ID of the OBU that generated and sent the message for the current communication sequence.
Time Senttime_senttextThis field contains the time the message was sent from the OBU to the VCC Cloud server in milliseconds UTC time.
Time Receivedtime_receivednumberThis field contains the time the BSM was received by the VCC Cloud server in milliseconds UTC time.
Mode of Transmissionmode_of_transmissionnumberThis field contains an indication of the mode of transmission used to transmit the message (DSRC or Cellular) from the OBU to the VCC Cloud server. If received via DSRC: 1 through 114 = The ID of the RSU used to forward the message to the server If received via cellular: 999999 = Cellular
WidthwidthnumberThe width of the vehicle expressed in centimeters.
LengthlengthnumberThe length of the vehicle expressed in centimeters.
LatitudelatitudenumberThe geographic latitude position as determined by the OBU GPS unit when the BSM was generated, expressed as a GPS coordinate.
LongitudelongitudenumberThe geographic longitude position as determined by the OBU GPS unit when the BSM was generated expressed as a GPS coordinate.
ElevationelevationnumberThe elevation of the vehicle in meters above mean sea level as determined by the OBU GPS when the BSM was generated.
SpeedspeednumberThe vehicle speed in meters per second.
HeadingheadingnumberThe heading of the vehicle expressed in degrees (0-360) where zero represents “North” and positive values express a heading values in a clockwise direction from “North.”
Transmission Statetransmission_statenumberThe state of the vehicle transmission known to the OBU at the time the BSM was generated. 0 = Neutral 1 = Park 2 = Forward 3 = Reverse 4 = Reserved 5 = Reserved 6 = Reserved 7 = Unavailable
Longitudinal Accelerationlongitudinal_accelerationnumberThe acceleration along the X axis or the vehicle's direction of travel, which is generally in parallel with a front to rear centerline. Expressed in meters per second squared where negative values indicate deceleration, and possible braking action.
Lateral Accelerationlateral_accelerationnumberThe acceleration along the Y axis or perpendicular to the vehicle's general direction of travel in parallel with a left-to-right centerline. Expressed in meters per second squared where negative values indicate the vehicle is accelerating to left.
Vertical Accelerationvertical_accelerationnumberThe signed vertical acceleration of the vehicle along the vertical axis in meters per second squared where positive values indicate upward (opposite of gravity) acceleration.
Brake Applied Statusbrake_applied_statustextA bit field representing a binary indication of whether brakes are being applied at each wheel. A component of the brake system status data frame. 0000 = All off 0001 = Left front active 0010 = Left rear active 0100 = Right front active 1000 = Right rear active 1111 = Brake is active
Traction Control Statetraction_control_statenumberThe status of the vehicle’s traction system. If the vehicle is equipped with a TCS, the element reports whether the system was in an Off, On, or Engaged state. 0 = Unavailable 1 = Off 2 = On 3 = Engaged
Stability Control Statusstability_control_statusnumberThe status of the vehicle’s stability control system. If the vehicle is equipped with an SCS, the element reports whether the system was in an Off or On state. 0 = Unavailable 1 = Off 2 = On
Steering Wheel Anglesteering_wheel_anglenumberThe angle of the driver’s steering wheel, expressed in degrees of rotation from center where positive values represent rotation in the clockwise direction and negative values represent rotation in the counterclockwise direction.
Yaw Rateyaw_ratenumberA signed value representing degrees rotation per second of the vehicle around its vertical axis. Positive values indicate clockwise rotation of the vehicle around its vertical axis.
ABS Activeabs_activenumberThe status of the vehicle’s ABS, where the ABS was detected to be active. 0 = Unavailable 1 = Off 2 = On 3 = Engaged
Test No.test_nonumberThe AMCD test number the data was collected during.
LocationlocationpointColumn to generate visualization
Location (address)location_addresstext
Location (city)location_citytext
Location (state)location_statetext
Location (zip)location_ziptext