A method for traffic management of autonomous vehicles in emergency situations, comprising: upon reception by an autonomous vehicle of an emergency signal including information on anomalous traffic condition, broadcasting the emergency signal using a wireless communication device; establishing a wireless ad hoc network among a plurality of autonomous vehicles ; exchanging data among the autonomous vehicles of the network, characterized in that the network is established among autonomous vehicles receiving the emergency signal ; wherein the data exchanged among the autonomous vehicles at least includes on-board sensor data and intent of each autonomous vehicle of the network; wherein the method further comprises: collaboratively computing , by the autonomous vehicles of the network, intent instructions for each of the autonomous vehicle of the network to avoid or mitigate the anomalous traffic condition; distributing the intent instructions among the autonomous vehicles of the network; executing , by each autonomous vehicle of the network, the corresponding intent instructions; and wherein the collaborative computation of intent instructions comprises: determining , for each autonomous vehicle of the network, a level of impact of the anomalous traffic condition on the intent of the vehicle ; assigning a priority level to each autonomous vehicle of the network based on the level of impact; determining initial trajectory modifications for each autonomous vehicle of the network with a priority level equal or higher than a threshold; starting with the initial trajectory modifications, negotiating trajectory modifications among the autonomous vehicles of the network to avoid or mitigate the anomalous traffic condition; and translating the negotiated trajectory modifications for each autonomous vehicle of the network into operations coded using an intent description language. upon reception by an autonomous vehicle of an emergency signal including information on anomalous traffic condition, broadcasting the emergency signal using a wireless communication device; establishing a wireless ad hoc network among a plurality of autonomous vehicles ; exchanging data among the autonomous vehicles of the network, characterized in that the network is established among autonomous vehicles receiving the emergency signal ; collaboratively computing , by the autonomous vehicles of the network, intent instructions for each of the autonomous vehicle of the network to avoid or mitigate the anomalous traffic condition; distributing the intent instructions among the autonomous vehicles of the network; executing , by each autonomous vehicle of the network, the corresponding intent instructions; determining , for each autonomous vehicle of the network, a level of impact of the anomalous traffic condition on the intent of the vehicle ; assigning a priority level to each autonomous vehicle of the network based on the level of impact; determining initial trajectory modifications for each autonomous vehicle of the network with a priority level equal or higher than a threshold; starting with the initial trajectory modifications, negotiating trajectory modifications among the autonomous vehicles of the network to avoid or mitigate the anomalous traffic condition; and translating the negotiated trajectory modifications for each autonomous vehicle of the network into operations coded using an intent description language. <EOS>