The aim of this organization is to provide advice in questions of quality assurance mainly to the automotive industry for the creation and application of safe, reliable software within vehicles.
[2] The mission statement of MISRA is "To provide assistance to the automotive industry in the application and creation within vehicle systems of safe and reliable software".
[3] The safety requirements of the software used in control units of Automobiles is specific as compared to that of other industries and devices.
This program was supported by the Department of Trade and Industry and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Subsequently MISRA published its first guide, "Development guidelines for vehicle based software", which is considered a foundational element of functional safety by the engineering community.