Trailer sideswipe avoidance system

A trailer sideswipe avoidance system for a vehicle towing a trailer, comprising:

• a sensor system configured to detect one or more objects in an operating environment of the vehicle;
• a controller that processes information received from the sensor system to determine whether an object detected in the operating environment of the vehicle is in a travel path of the towed trailer as the vehicle turns;
• and
• a visual display that displays a trailer collision alert zone and a trailer collision avoidance zone at respective positions on the visual display, wherein the position of the trailer collision avoidance zone on the visual display relative to the position of the trailer collision alert zone on the visual display directionally corresponds with a collision avoidance steering angle of the vehicle relative to a current steering angle of the vehicle when the controller determines that the object is in the travel path of the towed trailer, and wherein the position of the trailer collision avoidance zone on the visual display relative to the position of the trailer collision alert zone on the visual display directionally corresponds with the current steering angle of the vehicle relative to a collision inducing steering angle of the vehicle when the controller determines that the object is outside of the travel path of the towed trailer.