Automatic Incident Detection
AID
Highway incidents cause injury, traffic congestion, increased environmental pollution, and cost millions every year in delay and damage. AID systems, automatically detect that an incident has occurred, and can either raise this to the attention of a manual operator or implement pre‑programmed responses to deal with the situation.
QUICK AND RELIABLE INCIDENT DETECTION
SWARCO systems can use a wide variety of inputs and sensors to quickly detect changes in traffic flows. These include loop detection, above ground detectors and camera technology. SWARCO signs can be used to close lanes, reroute traffic and provide information to drivers on what has occurred and what they should do as a result.
Incidents in tunnels can be even more serious. Effective tunnel incident management completely depends on fast incident detection and verification. Through real-time analysis of camera images, SWARCO’s AID system detects all major incidents within seconds including stopped vehicles, wrong way drivers, queues, pedestrians, smoke, slow moving vehicles and fallen objects. This short detection time and fast incident verification reduces the impact of the incident and helps to prevent secondary accidents.