Handling a vehicle in risk of a rear-end collision

A computer-implemented method for handling a first vehicle, wherein the first vehicle is travelling in a longitudinal travel direction on a road, the method comprising:

• by processing circuitry of a computer system, obtaining from a set of sensors mounted on the first vehicle, sensor data indicative of a motion of a second vehicle travelling the road, wherein the second vehicle is travelling towards the first vehicle in the longitudinal travel direction,
• by the processing circuitry, based on the sensor data, estimating a risk of collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle, and
• by the processing circuitry, when the estimated risk of collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle is within a first predefined interval, triggering a safety action to be performed by the first vehicle based on the motion of the second vehicle, the safety action comprising any one or both out of:
• adjusting a motion of the first vehicle,
• actuating one or more exterior airbags of the first vehicle.