Computer-assisted or autonomous driving vehicle incident management method and apparatus

A method for in-vehicle computing, comprising:

• receiving, by an incident management system of a vehicle, from sensors of the vehicle, sensor data;
• determining, by the incident management system of the vehicle, whether the vehicle is involved in an incident, based at least in part on the received sensor data, and if involved in an incident, whether another vehicle is involved, and if another vehicle is involved, whether the other vehicle is equipped to exchange incident information;
• on determining the vehicle is involved in an incident, assessing, by the incident management system of the vehicle, a condition of the vehicle, based at least in part on the received sensor data;
• and
• on determining another vehicle is involved, and the other vehicle is equipped to exchange incident information, exchanging, by the incident management system of the vehicle, incident information with the other vehicle;
• wherein exchanging incident information with the other vehicle includes negotiating with the other vehicle to mutually agree to remain in place, move to another location or move on.

At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium (CRM) having instructions stored therein, to cause an incident management system in a vehicle, in response to execution of the instruction, to:

• receive sensor data from sensors of the vehicle or of a mobile or wearable device carried or worn by an occupant of the vehicle;
• determine whether the vehicle is involved in an incident, based at least in part on some of the received sensor data, and if involved in an incident, whether another vehicle is involved, and if another vehicle is involved, whether the other vehicle is equipped to exchange incident information;
• on determination that the vehicle is involved in an incident, assess condition of an occupant, based at least in part on some of the received sensor data;
• and
• on determination that another vehicle is involved, and the other vehicle is equipped to exchange incident information, exchange incident information with the other vehicle;
• wherein to exchange incident information with the other vehicle includes to negotiate with the other vehicle to mutually agree to remain in place, move to another location or move on.