ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles
The functional safety standard for road vehicle electrical and electronic systems: twelve parts covering safety management, the concept phase, system, hardware and software development, production and operation, supporting processes, ASIL-oriented analyses, guidelines and the semiconductor guideline, and the adaptation for motorcycles, with requirements graded by ASIL A to D.
ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles is a compliance framework from International (ISO/TC 22/SC 32); adopted as GB/T 34590 (China, MOD), BS ISO 26262 and others with 10 domains and 137 controls that map to 231 other frameworks. The largest domains are ISO 26262-8:2018 Supporting processes – ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles (37 controls), ISO 26262-2:2018 Management of functional safety – ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles (18 controls), ISO 26262-11:2018 Guidelines on application of ISO 26262 to semiconductors – ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles (17 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.
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Framework Domains (10)
ISO 26262-11:2018 Guidelines on application of ISO 26262 to semiconductors – ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles
ISO 26262-12:2018 Adaptation of ISO 26262 for motorcycles – ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles
ISO 26262-2:2018 Management of functional safety – ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles
ISO 26262-3:2018 Concept phase – ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::3:5 | 5 Item definition |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::3:6.4.1 | 6.4.1 Initiation of the hazard analysis and risk assessment |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::3:6.4.2 | 6.4.2 Situation analysis and hazard identification |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::3:6.4.3 | 6.4.3 Classification of hazardous events |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::3:6.4.4 | 6.4.4 Determination of safety goals |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::3:6.4.5 | 6.4.5 Management of variances of T&B in hazard analysis and risk assessment |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::3:6.4.6 | 6.4.6 Verification |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::3:7.4.2 | 7.4.2 Derivation of functional safety requirements |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::3:7.4.3 | 7.4.3 Safety validation criteria |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::3:7.4.4 | 7.4.4 Verification of the functional safety concept |
ISO 26262-4:2018 Product development at the system level – ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles
ISO 26262-5:2018 Product development at the hardware level – ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::5:10 | 10 Hardware integration and verification |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::5:6 | 6 Specification of hardware safety requirements |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::5:7.4.1 | 7.4.1 Hardware architectural design |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::5:7.4.2 | 7.4.2 Hardware detailed design |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::5:7.4.3 | 7.4.3 Safety analyses |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::5:7.4.4 | 7.4.4 Verification of hardware design |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::5:7.4.5 | 7.4.5 Production, operation, service and decommissioning |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::5:8 | 8 Evaluation of the hardware architectural metrics |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::5:9.4.2 | 9.4.2 Evaluation of Probabilistic Metric for random Hardware Failures (PMHF) |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::5:9.4.3 | 9.4.3 Evaluation of Each Cause of safety goal violation (EEC) |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::5:9.4.4 | 9.4.4 Verification review |
ISO 26262-6:2018 Product development at the software level – ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::6:10.4 | 10.4 Software integration and verification |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::6:11.4 | 11.4 Testing of the embedded software |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::6:5.4 | 5.4 General topics for the product development at the software level |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::6:6.4 | 6.4 Specification of software safety requirements |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::6:7.4 | 7.4 Software architectural design |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::6:8.4 | 8.4 Software unit design and implementation |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::6:9.4 | 9.4 Software unit verification |
ISO 26262-7:2018 Production, operation, service and decommissioning – ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::7:5 | 5 Planning for production, operation, service and decommissioning |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::7:6 | 6 Production |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::7:7 | 7 Operation, service and decommissioning |
ISO 26262-8:2018 Supporting processes – ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles
ISO 26262-9:2018 ASIL-oriented and safety-oriented analyses – ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::9:5 | 5 Requirements decomposition with respect to ASIL tailoring |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::9:6 | 6 Criteria for coexistence of elements |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::9:7 | 7 Analysis of dependent failures |
| iso-26262-2018-functional-safety-for-road-vehicles::9:8 | 8 Safety analyses |
Your Compliance Coverage
If you comply with ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles, you already cover:
IEC 61508:2010 - Functional Safety of E/E/PE Safety-related Systems
25%
51 controls mapped
Compare →EN 50716:2023 - Railway Applications - Requirements for Software Development
19%
39 controls mapped
Compare →Automotive SPICE (ASPICE) v4.1 - Process Assessment Model
16%
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Compare →+ 228 more: EN 50126 / EN 50128 / EN 50129 - Railway Applications RAMS (14%), BSI PAS 1880:2020 (7%)
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ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles is a compliance framework from International (ISO/TC 22/SC 32); adopted as GB/T 34590 (China, MOD), BS ISO 26262 and others with 10 domains and 137 controls. The functional safety standard for road vehicle electrical and electronic systems: twelve parts covering safety management, the concept phase, system, hardware and software development, production and operation, supporting processes, ASIL-oriented analyses, guidelines and the semiconductor guideline, and the adaptation for motorcycles, with requirements graded by ASIL A to D. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
What does ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles actually require?
ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles has 137 controls organised across 10 domains. The largest domains are ISO 26262-8:2018 Supporting processes – ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles (37 controls), ISO 26262-2:2018 Management of functional safety – ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles (18 controls), ISO 26262-11:2018 Guidelines on application of ISO 26262 to semiconductors – ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles (17 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.
If I already comply with another framework, how much of ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles do I already cover?
ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles maps to 231 other compliance frameworks. The top mapping partners are IEC 61508:2010 - Functional Safety of E/E/PE Safety-related Systems (25% coverage), EN 50716:2023 - Railway Applications - Requirements for Software Development (19% coverage), Automotive SPICE (ASPICE) v4.1 - Process Assessment Model (16% coverage). Use our comparison tool to explore control-level mappings between frameworks.
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