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Weather-aware driver warnings for Euro NCAP

Driver warnings from Xweather help automotive innovators achieve a higher Euro NCAP rating by detecting weather-dependent speed limits and displaying bad weather and slippery road warnings.

Warnings

for weather-dependent speed limits, slippery roads, and hazardous weather conditions

Real-time

data updated every 15 minutes

Millions

of kilometers of roads covered in North America, Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.

Advancing the future of road safety

One in five road accidents is weather-related. The Euro NCAP 2026 rating protocol introduces a new points system focused on accident prevention, placing greater emphasis on real-time information about driving conditions and local hazards.

Xweather helps automotive innovators meet these new safety standards by delivering timely driver warnings. These include alerts for weather-dependent speed limits, slippery roads, and hazardous weather conditions—updated every 15 minutes across all public paved roads.

By integrating Xweather, carmakers can improve Euro NCAP ratings while enhancing the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of mobility. Trusted by industry leaders including Audi, BMW, Bosch, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, NIRA, Porsche, Škoda, and Volkswagen.

Warn drivers about up ahead weather hazards

Since vehicle sensors cannot detect all upcoming local hazards, using external weather data can help warn drivers. The driver may need to take over the driving task if the vehicle is not permitted to operate in adverse weather conditions.

Display correct speed limit during a weather event

In some countries, there are conditional speed limits related to weather, among other conditions. Xweather data can detect all weather events relevant to conditional speed limits.

Achieve a higher Euro NCAP rating​

With Vaisala Xweather data, carmakers can gain additional points in the Euro NCAP Safe Driving and Assisted Driving protocols.

Improved Euro NCAP safety rating with precise road conditions data

Automotive-grade partner

With over 25 years of experience working with roads and automotive customers, Xweather offers industry-leading SLAs and KPIs, all backed by robust automotive-grade incident management processes.

Trusted by industry leaders

Leading carmakers choose Xweather to improve the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of mobility. In addition to driver warnings Xweather provides data for infotainment weather applications, EV range predictions, and ADAS and AD friction prediction.

Road-tested and validated

Xweather offers a reliable ready-to-use solution that has been scientifically validated against ground-truth measurements and extensively tested by partners.

Millions of kilometers of roads covered

Vaisala Xweather's Road Weather data covers millions of kilometers of roads in North America, Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. We model primary and secondary roads separately to reflect the effects of different road surfaces, traffic levels, and maintenance priorities. Bridges are also modeled separately to account for the free flow of air beneath the road surface.

Unlike fleet-sourced data, which often has significant spatial and temporal gaps, our Road Weather data delivers real-time conditions and forecasts for every public paved road 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Want to know more? Get in touch with our experts.

Whatever your road weather needs, we’re here to help. Get in touch today, and let us put our expertise to work for you.