Informing road safety policy with near-miss detection technology

Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) has set an aspirational target of zero fatalities and serious injuries on its roads by 2056, known as the Towards Zero strategy. Achieving this goal means that it must be proactive in its approach to road safety. Analysing ‘near-misses’ before they become serious crashes is a proactive method that can help to predict crash risk. A better understanding of the factors surrounding these types of incidents would help practitioners proactively design appropriate site-specific road safety treatments. Real Time Traffic with its partner Lab3 was commissioned by TfNSW to provision and trial a deployable computer vision and artificial intelligence technology to detect and report near misses and crashes weekly. Over four weeks, 217 near misses were detected at two locations making this trial a significant success. TfNSW is now working to deploy this state-wide.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.33492/ARSC-2023
• Record URL:
  • https://australasianroadsafetyconference.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023_ARSC_Full-Proceedings.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Extended abstract (practitioner)
• Authors:
  • Lu, J
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Conference, 2023, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
• Publication Date: 2023-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 304-306

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Artificial intelligence; Digital video; Highway design; Highway safety; Image processing; Layout; Near crashes; Safety; Video cameras
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Geographic Terms: Australia; New South Wales
• ATRI Terms: Image processing; Near miss; Road design; Road safety; Video
• ITRD Terms: 1642: Near miss
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01930963
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB Group Limited
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 17 2024 2:47PM