The introduction of new technology is helping boost safety for Australian roads. The implementation of new technological solutions will help reduce Australia’s road casualty statistics, which saw 5,935 people being killed in crashes between 2016 and 2020.
Successful pilot projects were carried out for Main Roads Western Australia with technology from Anditi. As a result, this point cloud technology is now being implemented across 19,164km of Main Roads Western Australia’s road network. This contract requires Anditi to conduct automated feature extraction from LiDAR point cloud and imagery as well as completing an AiRAP/AusRAP Star Rating assessment.
This is the largest AiRAP contract that has ever been awarded globally and will enable Main Roads to assess the safety of its road network in accordance with the Australian National Road Safety Action Plan. AiRAP (Accelerated and Intelligent Road Assessment Program) refers to the capture of road safety-related data using automatic, repeatable and scalable methods to support road safety assessment, crash risk mapping, investment prioritisation for all road users and offers a new way of conducting an iRAP Star Rating assessment.
To complete this contract, Anditi will use its proprietary RoadViewer software, which is the only AiRAP accredited inspection system globally, the only iRAP accredited inspection system that uses the superior accuracy of LiDAR, and one of only two C-class (highest ranking) iRAP accredited inspections systems globally.
Using the provided LiDAR and imagery data from a variety of local and international surveying and data collection companies, RoadViewer will apply various techniques of Signal Processing, Optimisation and Artificial Intelligence to automatically extract the required features and AiRAP attributes.
One of the major benefits of using RoadViewer compared to the imagery-only methods of a traditional iRAP Star Rating assessment is the full richness of the dense point cloud and 360-degree imagery that is available in RoadViewer for visualisation and interrogation.
In addition to iRAP Star Rating road assessments, RoadViewer can also provide an array of other road corridor products, including asset management, bridge clearances, and swept path analysis/collision detection, further unlocking the value of the LiDAR and imagery dataset once captured.
