Navtech Radar Wins Highways England Competitive tender

ClearWay technology automatically alerts operators to any stationary vehicle within ten seconds of it stopping. This enables a fast response. With early detection, operators can immediately close lanes, warn oncoming drivers, and alert emergency services. Being radar-based, ClearWay works in all conditions, including those where accidents are most likely such as fog, snow, heavy rain and total darkness. Its long-range, 360° detection, provides comprehensive coverage of all lanes, in all directions, with minimal infrastructure – meaning less disruption to road users when it is being installed. ClearWay can also deliver additional features to road authorities, such as traffic flow and behaviour analysis using the data collected by its radar sensors.

Philip Avery, Founder and Managing Director at Navtech Radar, believes that SVD deployment will make a big difference to the country’s strategic road network. ‘ClearWay has already proved its value on highways around the world, and we know it helps get assistance to drivers more quickly. We are delighted to be deploying it at scale here in the UK.’

The ability of the radar-based solution to identify stationary vehicles in under ten seconds is a major advance in response times and road safety. Previously, detection and response could take several minutes; ClearWay’s SVD means drivers spend less time stranded in live lanes. As well as getting assistance to drivers more quickly and with clear benefits in terms of safety, it also helps traffic flow, by ensuring incidents are cleared quickly.