Safety of crews of autonomous cars

The contribution deals with problems of a passive safety of autonomous vehicles, focused on specifics of car-crash accident. The paper describes a non-standard side crash test of two passenger cars, during which the interior equipment and placement of test figurines inside car were accommodated to simulate an expected arrangement of future autonomous cars. Motion of the equipment inside the car interior was tracked during the test with the focus on its possible impact on passenger's safety. The contribution further deals with specifics of autonomous vehicle crew protection from the point of view of passive and integrated safety.