Near Miss Pilot - Northam, WA

The Challenge

The rural highways around Northam, WA were experiencing a concerning number of near-miss incidents, particularly involving dangerous overtaking manoeuvres on single-carriageway roads. Traditional crash data only captured incidents after they occurred, providing no insight into the precursors and patterns of dangerous driving behaviour.

Our Solution

Real Time Traffic deployed NearMiss cameras at strategic locations along the Northam highway corridor to capture and analyse near-miss events, dangerous overtaking manoeuvres, and vehicle interactions. The AI-powered system provided continuous monitoring and classification of risk events that traditional methods could not detect.

Implementation Details:

• NearMiss camera deployment at key highway locations
• Continuous monitoring of overtaking behaviour
• AI classification of near-miss severity levels
• Correlation analysis of weather and traffic conditions
• Risk pattern identification across time periods

Results

Long-term Impact

Led to evidence-based infrastructure improvements and safety interventions