AI system
- System
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VivaCity AI near-miss detection sensors and analytics
- Model
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Not assessed
- Release
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Not assessed
- Application developer
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VivaCity
- Role
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Not assessed
- Configuration
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Not assessed
- Inputs and outputs
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Not assessed
- Autonomy
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Not assessed
- Workflow
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The January–August 2024 pilot enabled near-miss functions on 40 existing sensors, with later continuation funding. Practitioners used dashboards and video clips to identify hotspots and implement measures such as islands and narrower junction mouths.
- Human oversight
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Not assessed
- Relation to AI
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Computer vision supplies near-miss observations and visual evidence that practitioners used to select road-layout interventions. The source reports implemented measures, but does not establish that collisions or injuries were prevented.
- AI contribution
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Computer vision supplies near-miss observations and visual evidence that practitioners used to select road-layout interventions. The source reports implemented measures, but does not establish that collisions or injuries were prevented.
Benefits
- Outcome identifiers
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Not assessed
- Benefit
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Transport for West Midlands reports 61,000 detected near misses and road-layout changes informed by AI. Avoided injuries are not established.
- Category
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Reduced Risk
- Status
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Reported and intended benefits
- Beneficiary groups
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Organizations. Society.
- Beneficiaries
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Not assessed
- Reach
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Not assessed
- Distribution and access
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Not assessed
- Duration
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Not assessed
- Expected?
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Yes
- Costs and harms
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Not assessed
Measurement
- Studies
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Not assessed
- Study design
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Not assessed
- Measurement
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Not assessed
- Setting and sample
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Not assessed
- Measures
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Not assessed
- Comparison
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Not assessed
- Results
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Not assessed
- Additional value from AI
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Not assessed
- Limitations
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Not assessed
- Denominators
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Not assessed
- Materials for replication
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Not assessed
Money
- Kind of value
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Not assessed
- Amount
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Not assessed
- Currency and prices
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Not assessed
- Period and unit
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Not assessed
- Realization
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Not assessed
- Recipients and payers
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Not assessed
- Gross or net
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Not assessed
- Included costs
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Not assessed
- Comparison
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Not assessed
- Method
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Not assessed
- Return and payback
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Not assessed
People and places
- Participants
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Developer: VivaCity. Operator: Transport for West Midlands.
- Jurisdictions
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Benefit:
United Kingdom. - Ownership and control
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Not assessed
- Dependencies
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Not assessed
- Cross-border connections
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Not assessed
- Geopolitical implications
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Not assessed
Follow-up
- Conditions for replication
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The conditions needed to reproduce the benefit are unspecified.
- Replication attempts
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Not assessed
- Later findings
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Not assessed
- Availability
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Not assessed
- Institutional decision
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Not assessed
- Grounds
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Not assessed
- Action and result
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Not assessed
- Success criterion
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Not assessed
Evidence
- Source numbers
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AIBD-0565-source-0001
- Citations
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Numbered references below.
- Language
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Not assessed
- Source relationships
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Operator
- Original evidence
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Not assessed
- Access and versions
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Not assessed
- Supported findings
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Not assessed
- Evidence links
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Not assessed
- Evidence strength
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Not assessed
- Missing evidence
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Not assessed
Grades
- Assessed benefits
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Organizations. Society.
- Depth
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Organizations: 2. Society: 2.
- Reasons
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Organizations: New observations led to implemented interventions, supporting improved analytical and intervention capability. Society: Central islands and narrower junction mouths were installed using the observations. Changes in collisions and injuries remain unmeasured.
- Observed or intended
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Reported and intended benefits
- Rubric
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Not assessed
- Assessor and date
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Not assessed
- Alternative assessments
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Not assessed
- Fill
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The deployer's account
Entry details
- Kind
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Not assessed
- Related entries
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Not assessed
- Field
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Road safety and transport analytics.
- Purpose
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Identify near-miss patterns and use them to support preventive road-safety interventions.
- Dates
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Source published: 6 January 2025. Updated: 22 October 2026.
- Stage
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Not assessed
- Version
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SHA-256: 90d5011ce521…
References
- Other identifiers
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LGA AI case-study bank. LGA-029.
- Category mappings
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Not assessed
- Brief
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Not assessed
- Revisions
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1 revisions. Latest: 22 October 2026.