A new EU directive requires the automotive industry to develop technology that will substantially decrease the risk of a pedestrian or cyclist being killed or injured when hit by a car. The result from the PIMS project will be an important contributor in the effort to reduce the fatality and severe injury rate in these types of accidents. PIMS is projected primarily as a sensor for automatic braking system but can also be used in combination with other protective measures that can be developed to conform to the EU directive. The main goal of the project has been to develop a test system that will detect human beings in front of the car and activate automatic braking if an accident is unavoidable. The system can also be used to trigger reversible and irreversible systems such as active hood lifting mechanism, activate bumper absorption sections or airbags that are designed to protect a pedestrian in case of an impact with the vehicle. In the Swedish part of the project the focus has been on developing the software algorithm that detects and determines if a collision is unavoidable and on developing a novel infrared bolometer focal plane array demonstrator. The project has focused on designing an infrared camera system with adequate performance and with the target to meet a cost level that can be accepted by the automotive industry for wide spread use. This includes development of the Si/SiGe bolometer material, a new sensor integration technique and wafer-level packaging of the infrared bolometers.