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title: Make Roads Safer and Boost Active Travel with Near Miss Data
description: VivaCity's groundbreaking Near Miss feature helps detect incident hotspots, supporting authorities to put the interventions before incidents happen.
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# VivaCity Near Miss Detection
Real-time road safety insights and incident root cause analysis
## Revolutionary Insights for Road Safety & Active Travel
VivaCity’s Near Miss detection is a road safety game-changer and a key feature of our innovative Smart Road Safety solution. With Near Miss it’s possible to detect and analyse a range of dangerous interactions that could have led to collisions, where they happen, and in real time.
## Award-Winning Technology
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### Watch the Webinar Recording Now!
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## How do VivaCity sensors detect near miss events?
To automatically detect near miss events, speed and path data of road users are analysed using three metrics: Proximity, Post Encroachment Time and Time to Collision.
By using not one, but three methodologies of analysis, and applying specific thresholds, it's possible to both identify near miss events *and* the root cause of the incident, with high accuracy and efficiency.
Near Miss Detection Methodologies
### Proximal
### Post-Encroachment Time (PET)
### Time to Collision (TTC)
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[Download the Near Miss brochure to learn more](https://info.vivacitylabs.com/near-miss-feature-detects-road-accidents-hotspots#near-miss-brochure-download)
**Make the right decisions with trusted data**
Near Miss provides objective and unbiased data through consistent near miss measurements.
**Quickly discover road safety hazards & intervene early**
Understand where, when, why, and how near miss interactions are taking place and proactively intervene.
**Support evidence-based decision making**
Justify expenditure on road safety interventions and prove results of schemes to stakeholders.
**Post-intervention analysis**
Compare near miss counts before and after an intervention to measure effectiveness.
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### Achieve your Active Travel Goals
## Don't let hazards - or perceived hazards - be a blocker to active travel
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## How Near Miss supports Active Travel schemes
- Real-time road safety data
- Near miss detection and data for incidents involving Active Travel modes
- Quantify human subjectivity about perceived dangers or hazards
- Easy to understand data insights to support Active Travel provision
- Comprehensive dashboard with visual outputs to communicate impact
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### Cost effective Road Safety interventions
## Safer roads start with accurately diagnosing the root cause of an issue
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## How Near Miss supports Road Safety schemes
- Complement KSI & Stats19 data with real-time road safety data
- Identify where, when and why incidents are occurring
- Evaluate and quantify dangerous manoeuvres and understand severity
- Use visual aids to illustrate dangerous behaviours
- Identify the most efficient and cost-effective interventions
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## Discover how Near Miss is revolutionising Road Safety and Active Travel, and how it can support your Vision Zero and Net Zero objectives!
### Download the Brochure Now
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## Capture anonymous data on a variety of near miss scenarios
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Cyclist's Way Blocked
When a cyclist’s way is blocked by an obstruction e.g - a parked car
Problematic Pass
When a motorist gives too little space when overtaking a cyclist
Vehicle Pulling Out
When a driver pulls out or in across another vehicle's path
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Unsafe Intersection Crossing
When a pedestrian crosses at an unsafe point and the driver continues straight
Near Left / Right Hook
When a motorist turns left/right across the pedestrian's path
Tailgating
When a driver follows another vehicle too closely without passing
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## A range of data outputs at your fingertips
Near Miss Counts and Trends
Identify trends in dangerous interactions and behaviours, including comparing total near miss events per hour for a selected time range, average per day of the week and average per hour of the day.
Near Miss Heatmaps
Visualise where near miss events are occurring in the road space with a heatmap of event density. Download heatmap images to use as evidence for intervention.
Download Charts and Underlying Data
Use VivaCity's intuitive analysis tools to create custom charts. Download the charts you create as images or raw data to help communicate key analysis to stakeholders and the general public.
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View Video Clips
View anonymised blurred video clips of near miss incidents for further insight into the event.
Severity Estimates
Use severity estimates to prioritise interventions based on safety risk, underpinned by data evidence.
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## ⭐ Near Miss in Action - Case Study ⭐
## Discover how Oxfordshire County Council are using Near Miss to understand near miss events involving cyclists at a busy junction, and how these insights are informing their Vision Zero strategy.
### Download the Full Case Study Now
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# Book a Near Miss consultation with the VivaCity team
### Speak to one of our in-house experts about road safety in your area and learn how our latest Near Miss feature can help you quantify and analyse near miss events across your network.
### BOOK A CONSULTATION CALL NOW
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