Local councils
City, regional and shire councils answerable for the local road network and the claims against it.
- Condition data that holds up in a claim
- Coverage beyond the annual sampled survey
- A defensible basis for the resurfacing program
Find road defects before they get reported
BlackRoad turns your existing vehicles into a continuous road survey network. A small device on the windshield automatically detects potholes, cracks, rutting, and damaged signs as you drive, sending the data straight to your asset management system.
- Every trip
- Survey frequency
- In-vehicle
- Where detection runs
- Yours
- Data ownership
- Type
- Alligator cracking
- Severity
- Medium
- GPS
- -16.82116, 145.71979
- Potholes
- Alligator cracking
- Longitudinal cracking
- Transverse cracking
- Rutting
- Ravelling & fretting
- Edge deterioration
- Patch & utility cut failure
- Faded road markings
- Damaged & obscured signage
- Ironwork & manhole defects
- Standing water & drainage
- Debris & obstructions
- Vegetation encroachment
See it in action
Your vehicles spot the defects. BlackRoad does the rest.
A camera on the windscreen of the vehicles you already run picks out fourteen types of road defect as they drive, and turns each one into a ready-to-act-on record with its exact location and severity.
Alligator cracking
Severity: Medium- Position
- -16.82116, 145.71979
- Chainage
- 88.8 m
- Captured
- 4 Oct 2026, 4:23 pm
Edge deterioration
Severity: Medium- Position
- -16.81705, 145.72031
- Chainage
- 549.0 m
- Captured
- 4 Oct 2026, 4:25 pm
Who it's for
Built for the people who answer for the road network
State road agencies
State and territory authorities on arterial networks, where closing a lane to survey is costly.
- Network-wide condition without lane closures
- Condition assessments refreshed by every pass, not once a year
- Data that feeds existing asset systems
Maintenance contractors
Term maintenance and resurfacing contractors who must price, plan and prove the works.
- Evidence of condition before and after works
- A defect list broken down by type, severity and road to scope against
- Proof of compliance with the contract
Large private networks
Mines, ports, universities and estates running internal roads with no survey budget.
- Condition visibility without hiring a surveyor
- A record for insurance and duty of care
- Works prioritised by evidence rather than complaint volume
How it works
Film it, spot it, send it, act on it
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01
Capture
A windscreen unit films the road and logs the vehicle's exact position as it drives. Fits waste trucks, utes and buses.
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02
Spot it in the vehicle
Detection happens inside the vehicle, not after upload. Faces and plates are blurred immediately, and only confirmed finds leave the unit.
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03
Send and check
Finds upload when signal allows, or hold until it returns. Repeat sightings merge into one record, graded by severity and confidence.
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04
Act
Confirmed defects reach your asset system with location, severity, photos and history. Deterioration is tracked.
What it detects
Fourteen defect classes, each with its own severity scale
Our system goes beyond a basic damage flag, diagnosing the exact defect so you know whether you need a surface dressing or a full rebuild.
Potholes
Severity: CriticalA bowl-shaped cavity where the surface course has fully failed and material has been lost.
Alligator cracking
Severity: HighInterconnected cracking in a scaled pattern, indicating fatigue failure of the base.
Longitudinal cracking
Severity: MediumCracks running parallel to the centreline, often along a joint or wheel path.
Transverse cracking
Severity: MediumCracks running across the carriageway, roughly perpendicular to traffic flow.
Rutting
Severity: HighLongitudinal depressions in the wheel paths from accumulated deformation.
Ravelling & fretting
Severity: MediumProgressive loss of surface aggregate, leaving a rough, open texture.
Privacy handled on vehicle
Edge-based anonymization ensures faces and license plates are irreversibly obfuscated prior to local storage. Because personally identifiable information never leaves the vehicle, your regulatory exposure is minimized, transforming privacy compliance into a streamlined, low-friction review.
Read how we handle dataCome and test the claims
Contact us and we will demonstrate how BlackRoad can help you stay on top of your road network.
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