Synthesising the Existing Literature on the Market Acceptance of Autonomous Vehicles and the External Underlying Factors

Table 3

The safety benefits of AVs and concerns about them that could increase or decrease their market acceptance.

Criteria	Study	Statement
Increasing market acceptance	Das [31]	Reducing accidents with pedestrians and cyclists
	Rezaei and Caulfield [15]; Rezaei and Caulfield [34]; Hulse et al. [75]; Howard and Dai [36]; Li et al. [70]; Papadoulis et al. [66]; Bansal et al. [11]; Schoettle and Sivak [39]; Underwood [76]	Increasing safety and reducing the number of accidents
	Beirigo et al. [73]	Increasing safety when transporting freight
	Noy et al. [69]	Making informed decisions
	Laan and Sadabadi [67]	Quick reaction time
	Chan [74]	Providing safe mobility for older people and those with certain disabilities
	Katrakazas et al. [71]	Safe identification of surrounding objects (humans and animals)
	Kyriakidis et al. [41]	Removing human errors
Decreasing market acceptance	Rezaei and Caulfield [34]	While AVs may reduce the number of accidents, they may increase their severity
	Rezaei and Caulfield [34]; Rakotonirainy et al. [77]	Poor understanding of animals, humans, and other surrounding objects
	Noy et al. [69]	Software and operational failures can be caused by the coexistence of AVs and HDVs
	Schoettle and Sivak [78]	Driving reaction speed is not as good as human drivers
	Strand et al. [79]	Driving performance decreases as the level of automation increases