UK Pre-Trial Survey on Autonomous Shuttle Safety, Trust, and Acceptance

A United Kingdom pre-trial survey of 922 travellers at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham assessed perceptions of autonomous shuttles. The data includes demographics, travel behaviour, attitudes, and willingness to ride across four operational scenarios with varying human supervision. The dataset was authored by Hisham Y. Makahleh and last updated on 2026-05-27.

Use Cases

• Modeling willingness to ride based on operational scenarios described in the survey
• Analyzing the relationship between perceived safety, trust, and demographic factors
• Identifying key barriers and benefits to autonomous shuttle adoption from reported survey responses
• Segmenting public attitudes using the two attitudinal components identified in the principal component analysis

Strengths

• Survey includes 922 respondents, providing a substantial sample size for analysis
• Data captures four distinct operational scenarios, allowing for comparative acceptance studies
• Principal component analysis identified two attitudinal dimensions explaining 62% of the variance

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data is limited to a single pre-trial location in the UK, which may affect generalizability

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Pre-trial survey conducted with travellers at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 22:01:44; freshness should be verified

Geography

United Kingdom, specifically Birmingham (National Exhibition Centre)