Road safety is one of the most critical issues in today’s
modern life style. The World Health Organization reported
that “Worldwide, an estimated 1.2 million people are killed
in road crashes each year and as many as 50 million are injured
[1].” The common causes of most vehicle incidents are
collisions with another vehicle, car equipment failure,
pedestrians, poor roadway, obstructions in the road, and
driver behavior [2]. To gain a better idea of potential road
safety improvements, previous research must be looked at
closely. The goals are to studying and discover ways to avoid
car collisions, also ways to alert drivers of unforeseen hazards
in the road. Information Systems can help archive these goals,
the well-defined computer science field is evolving toward
a new scientific area of study which includes people,
procedures, data, software, and hardware. In general,
information systems in conjunction with road safety will
eventually be necessary for drivers to continually increase
the awareness of drivers via new technology and devices.
Many systems have already been installed in modern cars.
These systems not only show useful information to enhance
drivers’ usability but also to inform him or her of what happen
and what options are offered to overcome any problems or
delays, which in turn reduces potential traffic accidents. This
paper presents some of the latest active information systems
within car manufacturers and some relevant researches
involving developments of road safety in a modern car
industry today. Moreover, a quick look at trends of systems
in forthcoming years.