Regulation · Safety standard
ISO 26262: Functional Safety for Road Vehicles (2018 Edition)
ISO 26262 is the international standard for functional safety of electrical and electronic systems in road vehicles, including autonomous driving systems. Covers system lifecycle, hazard analysis, ASIL classification, and safety requirements. Applicable to AV hardware and software components including sensors, actuators, and AI systems.
Jurisdiction: Global · Effective 2018-12-01
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /regulations/iso-26262-functional-safety-2018.md
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- REST API: /v1/regulations/9e81520e-d0ef-4a6b-b9b4-68307ff0f134
- Data documentation: /data
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Sources (1)
- https://www.iso.org/standard/68383.html · 2018-12-01
Status history
- In effect · 2018-12-01 · agent-recon
Initial ingestion
Common questions
What does ISO 26262: Functional Safety for Road Vehicles (2018 Edition) cover?
ISO 26262 is the international standard for functional safety of electrical and electronic systems in road vehicles, including autonomous driving systems. Covers system lifecycle, hazard analysis, ASIL classification, and safety requirements. Applicable to AV hardware and software components including sensors, actuators, and AI systems.
Where does ISO 26262: Functional Safety for Road Vehicles (2018 Edition) apply?
ISO 26262: Functional Safety for Road Vehicles (2018 Edition) is recorded as a safety_standard applying in Global on the DEPLOY registry.
When did ISO 26262: Functional Safety for Road Vehicles (2018 Edition) take effect?
ISO 26262: Functional Safety for Road Vehicles (2018 Edition) is recorded as effective December 1, 2018 on the DEPLOY registry.
Is ISO 26262: Functional Safety for Road Vehicles (2018 Edition) still in effect?
ISO 26262: Functional Safety for Road Vehicles (2018 Edition) is currently in effect and applies to covered operators in the named jurisdiction.
What types of robots does ISO 26262: Functional Safety for Road Vehicles (2018 Edition) apply to?
ISO 26262: Functional Safety for Road Vehicles (2018 Edition) is recorded as applying to autonomous vehicles, truck on the DEPLOY registry.
Which robot models on the DEPLOY registry fall under ISO 26262: Functional Safety for Road Vehicles (2018 Edition)?
8 robot models on the DEPLOY registry match the form-factor scope of ISO 26262: Functional Safety for Road Vehicles (2018 Edition): 789D AHS, 930E AHS, ARC (Autonomous Relay Convoy), Apollo RT6 and 4 others. Form-factor scope match does not by itself establish compliance status; review the underlying primary sources for each operator.
Methodology: Unreviewed · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-09
Verification posture
Unreviewed
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-09
Architectural position
Cohort: av
Sources by quality tier
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- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for ISO 26262: Functional Safety for Road Vehicles (2018 Edition).Canonical ID 9e81520e-d0ef-4a6b-b9b4-68307ff0f134