WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a March 31 hearing to determine the probable cause of two fatal crashes involving Ford Motor's advanced driver assistance system BlueCruise.

NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy told Reuters the board would meet on the crashes later this month. Since 2025, both the NTSB and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have been investigating the use of BlueCruise to review system limitations and to evaluate drivers' ability to respond to certain scenarios. BlueCruise is an advanced hands-free driving system that operates on 97% of U.S. and Canadian highways with no intersections or traffic signals.