The winning ideas include using 3D radar technology to predict weather-related road hazards, AI road monitoring technology that can be used by traffic control centres, traffic officers or in inspector vehicles and virtual reality training courses for drivers.
National Highways is working with Connected Places Catapult on the Hazard Protection on Roads Accelerator. The shortlisted organisations will now get funding of £15,000 to £30,000 to design their trials. The projects will then be whittled down to five and those projects awarded up to £60,000 to deliver their trials.