Pavement condition assessment
Automated pavement condition surveys on every trip your fleet makes
BlackRoad turns the vehicles your council already runs into a continuous pavement condition survey. Cracking, rutting, ravelling, potholes and edge breaks are detected in the vehicle, graded for severity and mapped.
- Every trip
- Survey frequency
- In-vehicle
- Where detection runs
- Yours
- Data ownership
- Type
- Alligator cracking
- Severity
- Medium
- GPS
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What you get
Pavement condition assessment software, no survey cycle
A register of graded, located pavement distress that stays current between surveys.
Every distress located
Type, severity, GPS position and a photo. Repeat sightings merge into one record.
Deterioration tracked
Each pass updates the record, so you see cracking widen and ravelling spread.
Automated PDF reports
Condition reports for any area and period, with nobody writing them up.
Into your asset system
Location, severity and history sent to your asset system. Export any time.
Compared with a periodic survey
No survey cycle to wait for
A periodic pavement survey ages from the week it is driven. Your fleet keeps the data current.
- Who does the looking
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Done by hand today
An inspector drives out and assesses roads by eye, as often as the roster allows.
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Automated with BlackRoad
Fleet vehicles detect and grade defects as they drive. Nothing for the driver to do.
- How much of the network is seen
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Done by hand today
Whatever the schedule reaches. The rest is only as current as its last visit.
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Automated with BlackRoad
Every road your fleet drives, every time it drives it.
- Whether assessments agree
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Done by hand today
Severity is a judgement call, and two inspectors can grade the same defect differently.
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Automated with BlackRoad
One model grades every defect on the same scale, with a confidence score.
- Time to a work order
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Done by hand today
Notes and photos are written up and keyed in before anyone can act.
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Automated with BlackRoad
A located, graded defect lands in your asset system with no transcribing.
Pavement distress survey
Fourteen defect types, graded consistently
Alligator, longitudinal and transverse cracking, rutting, ravelling and more, so you know whether to reseal or rebuild.
- 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
Reporting
Automated condition reporting
Groundtruth turns detection data into a formatted PDF report for any reporting period, ready for councillors, auditors and internal review, with no manual data preparation.
- Executive summary and network coverage
- Open defects by severity, type and workflow status
- Photographic record of the highest-priority defects
- Response times and compliance
- Defect locations by road
- Methodology and data provenance
Questions
What councils ask before a pilot
Can we run a pilot before committing?
Yes, and we would encourage it. A standard pilot runs three months on a defined part of your road network, measured from the day it goes live rather than the day you order, with a fixed price and no obligation to continue.
What does it cost?
Pricing is per fitted vehicle per year, inclusive of hardware, connectivity, processing, and support.
Which vehicles should we fit it to?
Whichever ones already cover your road network regularly. Waste collection trucks are usually the best single choice because they systematically cover residential streets on a known cycle. Street sweepers, works utes, inspection vehicles, parking enforcement vehicles and buses all work well. You do not need dedicated survey vehicles or dedicated drivers.
Who owns the data?
You do. Everything captured, and every defect record that comes out of it, belongs to your council or agency. We process it to provide the service.
More on accuracy, data and procurement in the full FAQ.
See a pavement condition survey of your network
Book a demo to see it on your roads, then run a fixed-price three-month pilot with no obligation to continue.
Not ready to talk? Email [email protected] and ask anything.