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Xweather RoadAI

Road-tested AI for road surveys

  • Same-day results
  • No specialist equipment
  • Independently validated

Automated AI detection of road defects, markings, and assets, independently validated by national transport authorities in the UK, Denmark, and France.

Proven technology used by agencies worldwide

Xweather RoadAI has been in continuous use since 2018, surveying millions of kilometers annually for road authorities, municipalities, and infrastructure managers across multiple countries.

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Detect every defect, marking, sign, and asset in a single pass

RoadAI's detection catalog covers the full range of road condition and asset data that agencies need for planned maintenance, safety inspections, and reporting.

  • Surface conditions
  • Road furniture
  • Same-day processing

Continuous surveying whenever vehicles are on the network

Traditional survey methods restrict agencies to one expensive survey per year. Minor defects go unrecorded until they deteriorate into costly repairs. RoadAI enables planned preventative maintenance.

  • Data-driven maintenance planning
  • Find and fix minor defects early
  • From reactive repair to early interventions

Road asset management on your schedule

RoadAI replaces expensive annual contractor surveys with continuous data collection that you control, enabling earlier intervention and better allocation of maintenance budgets.

Planned maintenance

Comprehensive network condition data

RoadAI captures surface defects, IRI values, and a complete video record in a single survey pass. Agencies build a continuously updated picture of network condition without commissioning separate surveys for each data type. Results are available the same day as the drive, replacing the weeks-long turnaround of traditional contractor assessments.

Safety inspections

Safety inspections

RoadAI captures a complete video record of every surveyed route alongside classified defect data. Inspectors can record, annotate, and verify conditions remotely without return site visits.

The video archive provides a time-stamped visual record for each road segment, supporting safety audits and reducing the need for repeated physical inspections. Data is available same-day, compared to weeks or months with traditional approaches.

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Asset management

Road asset inventories

RoadAI automatically detects and catalogs road furniture including signs, guardrails, barriers, drainage structures, lighting, and utility poles during every survey pass. Agencies build and maintain a comprehensive asset inventory without dedicated inventory surveys. As vehicles drive the network for any purpose, the inventory updates continuously, keeping records current without additional cost or effort.

Liability protection

Liability protection

Complete video records and classified condition data provide agencies with the evidence base needed for budget requests, funding applications, and liability defense. When a claim is made about a road defect, agencies can reference the video archive and survey data to demonstrate the condition of the road at a specific date, the maintenance actions taken, and the decision-making process. This documentation supports both proactive budget cases and reactive liability responses.

4× more data, half the cost

Affordable, repeatable surveys replace expensive annual contractor assessments.

Actionable from day one

Classified defect data is available the same day as the survey drive. RoadAI's AI models detect defects, markings, and assets accurately from the first pass, with no tuning or calibration required for each network.

Anyone can collect data

Install the app, mount a smartphone in any vehicle, and drive. No specialist surveyors, training, or equipment.

Complete network documentation

A time-stamped video history and classified data record for every surveyed route supports reporting and liability defense.

RoadAI turns any vehicle into a survey platform. No specialist equipment, training, or personnel required.

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Install

Download and install the RoadAI app on a standard smartphone. No specialist hardware, calibration, or vehicle modifications are needed to begin collecting survey data.

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Mount

Mount the smartphone on the windshield of any vehicle. RoadAI works in cars, vans, trucks, or any vehicle that drives the road network as part of normal operations.

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Drive your network

Drive the routes you need to survey. Data collection happens automatically during normal driving. Surveys can run during routine operations, inspections, or dedicated passes.

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AI processes and classifies

Automated AI processes the captured footage, detecting and classifying defects, markings, signs, and assets with geo-located precision. Results are available same-day.

Computer vision built for road networks

RoadAI's computer vision models detect and classify defects, markings, and assets from standard smartphone video. The same models tested and validated by national transport authorities in the UK, Denmark, and France process every survey. When agencies use RoadAI, they use the proven AI, not a model that needs tuning to their network.

  • Proven AI from day one

    The AI models are pre-trained and validated. No network-specific configuration, calibration, or training period required.

  • Same-day results

    AI processes footage and delivers geo-located, classified data within hours of the survey drive.

  • Complete video archive

    A time-stamped video record of every surveyed route. Navigate the network remotely and reference conditions at any point in time.

Reliable detection of defects and assets

Powered by computer vision, RoadAI detects multiple distresses, fixes, and road assets. Talk to our team for the complete catalog.

Distress detection

Identify distress by type and severity. Work with asset-specific data and overall road surface condition ratings.

  • Potholes

  • Alligator cracking

  • Longitudinal cracking

  • Transverse cracking

  • Wheel track cracking

  • Fretting / raveling

  • Subsidence

  • Edge deterioration

  • Binder bleeding

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Fix detection

Detect and categorize repairs to see where fixes were made and how they’re performing.

  • Crack sealing

  • Area patching

  • Spot patching

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Traffic signs

Build and maintain accurate asset inventories with automatic categorization and condition assessment of traffic signs.

  • Prohibitory

  • Indication

  • Mandatory

  • Regulatory

  • Temporary

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Line and surface markings

Automatic detection and condition assessment of line markings. Detect and categorize other surface markings automatically.

  • Edge and center lines

  • Yield lines

  • Directional and lane use arrows

  • Speed limit markings

  • Crosswalks

  • Text and symbols

  • Regulatory markings

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Street furniture and drainage

Recognize and catalog roadside assets, including barriers, lighting, and drainage features.

  • Guard rails

  • Bollards

  • Traffic cones

  • Street lights

  • Maintenance holes

  • Storm drains

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Special objects

Record annotations while driving to capture other assets and hazards. Add tags to categorize annotations for filtering and reporting.

  • Organization-specific assets

  • Debris and obstructions

  • Overhanging vegetation

  • Flooded areas

  • Safety hazards

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Independently validated

RoadAI has been validated by transport authorities in three countries, meeting the highest standards required for official road survey and reporting use.

PAS 2161

RoadAI is approved by the UK Department for Transport for surveying road conditions under the PAS 2161 standard, delivering accurate, consistent, and repeatable network‑level data for compliant reporting and asset management.

Vejdirektoratet

The Danish Road Directorate selected RoadAI after formal tendering and acceptance tests against LCMS reference data, validating its repeatability, reproducibility, and ability to classify network‑level pavement condition on the Danish road network.

Cerema

Winner of the French national CIRR 2019 innovation call, with a Cerema Certificate of Achievement confirming the quality of RoadAI’s measurements relative to the LCPC ME 38‑2 M3 reference test method.

Privacy compliant

Every video collected with RoadAI is anonymized before it is available in the web app. The process masks vehicles and people in the video, ensuring no personally identifiable information is visible.

"We are pleasantly surprised by how easy it is to use the RoadAI app. We appreciate the convergent results and the well-engineered features.”

Nam Nguyen Eng., Ph.D.
Engineer, Department of Strategic Asset Management, the City of Montreal

"We were picking roads to pave based on what looked worst. I knew we needed something more objective to take the politics out of the process."

Derek Kissell
Highway Superintendent, Lauderdale County, Tennessee

"RoadAI gives local authorities a flexible tool that provides up-to-date, instant road condition data for planning road improvement schemes."

Andy Dickinson
Highway Strategic Asset Manager, City of Milton Keynes, UK

Security and quality built in

Certified to industry standards, ensuring trusted data, safe operations, and reliable performance.

ISO
9001

Standard for quality management systems

ISO
27001

Standard for
security governance

See RoadAI in action

Watch how RoadAI collects, processes, and delivers road condition data from a standard smartphone mounted in any vehicle.

Watch a demo
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See what RoadAI finds on your network

Talk to our team about running a pilot survey on your roads. Results are typically available the same day as the survey drive.

  • Works with any vehicle
  • Results in hours, not months
  • Unlimited seats included
Webinars and demos

This is RoadAI

Recorded demo: See how RoadAI collects, processes, and delivers road condition data from a standard smartphone mounted in any vehicle.

Webinar: Why traditional road surveys are obsolete

Why traditional road surveys are obsolete

Watch on-demand: How to get four times more data at half the cost.

Frequently asked questions

RoadAI delivers the same accuracy as laser scanning at a fraction of the cost and complexity.

In independent testing by the Danish Road Directorate (2025), RoadAI matched the accuracy of LCMS reference data with only 1% variation in measurements.

  • Repeatability: 99% consistency of results across 5 runs

  • Classification accuracy: 100% match with laser scanning rankings across 5 test sections

  • Reproducibility: RoadAI indices tracked LCMS reference curves throughout the test sections

In the UK, the Department for Transport has approved RoadAI for surveying road conditions under the PAS 2161 standard. This independent certification confirms that RoadAI delivers accurate road-condition data and can serve as a reliable substitute for laser-scanning surveys. Developed with the British Standards Institution and the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory, PAS 2161 is the most comprehensive technical evaluation of road condition monitoring technology ever carried out.