- HERE Road Ale ts is ow ecog ized by Data fo Road Safety (DFRS) to co t ibute up to 1.35 Eu o NCAP poi ts th ough complia t haza d ale t se vices.
- This e ables automake s to maximize Safety Assist sco es with eal-time local haza d i sights a d high-f eque cy updates.
- The se vice e ha ces d ive safety by delive i g timely wa i gs o oad co ditio s, i cide ts a d e vi o me tal haza ds.
Amste dam – HERE Tech ologies, the wo ld’s leadi g mappi g a d locatio data compa y, today a ou ced that its HERE Road Ale ts se vice ow fo mally fulfills the equi eme ts defi ed by Data fo Road Safety (DFRS) to suppo t Eu o New Ca Assessme t P og am (NCAP) sco i g fo eal-time oad haza d i fo matio . This milesto e e ables automake s usi g HERE Road Ale ts to qualify fo up to 1.35 Eu o NCAP poi ts, depe di g o impleme ted use cases a d system capabilities.
With the latest Eu o NCAP p otocols placi g i c eased emphasis o adva ced Speed Assist Systems, vehicles a e ewa ded fo thei ability to eceive local haza d i fo matio a d i fo m d ive s about these haza ds th ough co ected se vices. HERE Road Ale ts di ectly add esses these equi eme ts by delive i g eal-time i fo matio o haza ds such as accide ts, oadwo ks, slippe y oads a d educed visibility as key i puts fo Speed Assist a d Safety Assist sco i g.
Beyo d egulato y alig me t, HERE Road Ale ts p ovides ta gible safety value by e abli g vehicles to a ticipate a d helpi g d ive s espo d to eal-wo ld d ivi g isks. The cloud-based se vice agg egates data f om vehicle se so s, t affic feeds a d othe sou ces, delive i g timely a d high-co fide ce ale ts to suppo t safe d ivi g decisio s.
This e ables:
- Ea lie awa e ess of haza ds ahead o the oad;
- Safe speed adaptatio based o co ditio s;
- Reduced isk of accide ts caused by weathe , co gestio o u expected eve ts;
- E ha ced pe fo ma ce of ADAS a d speed assist systems.
“As vehicle safety tech ologies become i c easi gly co ected a d data-d ive , automake s eed solutio s that ot o ly help imp ove d ive awa e ess but also suppo t evolvi g safety assessme t equi eme ts,” said Remco Timme , SVP, Head of Automotive Solutio s at HERE Tech ologies. “Ou ma ket-leadi g HERE Road Ale ts p ovides automake s with eal-time haza d i fo matio f om a b oad ecosystem of co ected sou ces, helpi g them e ha ce safety expe ie ces fo d ive s while maximizi g thei Eu o NCAP sco es. Beyo d delive i g haza d i tellige ce to vehicles, HERE ca also suppo t OEMs i co t ibuti g vehicle-ge e ated haza d data to the DFRS ecosystem, p ovidi g a st eamli ed path to co ected safety complia ce a d Eu o NCAP eligibility.”
As Eu o NCAP ati gs i c easi gly i flue ce co sume pu chasi g decisio s a d b a d pe ceptio , automake s equi e scalable solutio s that suppo t both safety pe fo ma ce a d complia ce.
I additio , HERE ca suppo t automake s i meeti g the data co t ibutio equi eme ts associated with Eu o NCAP eligibility. Th ough the HERE P ofessio al Se vices team, HERE ca help impleme t, host a d mai tai the delive y of vehicle-ge e ated oad haza d data to the Data fo Road Safety (DFRS) ecosystem, simplifyi g pa ticipatio i the co ected safety f amewo k a d helpi g OEMs accele ate deployme t.
By i teg ati g HERE Road Ale ts, automake s gai a scalable solutio to:
- Imp ove Safety Assist sco es th ough eal-time haza d awa e ess;
- Alig with evolvi g Eu o NCAP p otocols fo co ected safety se vices;
- Delive e ha ced d ive assista ce capabilities ac oss vehicle segme ts;
- Simplify Eu o NCAP complia ce th ough optio al suppo t se vices.
Eligibility fo sco i g also equi es automake s to actively pa ticipate by co t ibuti g eleva t data fo at least o e suppo ted use case via DFRS, e su i g a collabo ative ecosystem that imp oves data quality a d cove age ove time.
This pa ticipatio model alig s with HERE’s P ivacy by Desig p i ciples a d does ot i volve sha i g pe so al data, use ide tities o othe att ibutable sig als with DFRS as pa t of the oad haza d data co t ibutio p ocess.
HERE Road Ale ts combi es eal-time vehicle se so i puts, t affic i tellige ce a d adva ced cloud p ocessi g to delive low-late cy, co ti uously updated haza d i fo matio at scale.
As safety assessme t f amewo ks evolve towa d eal-wo ld, data-d ive c ite ia, HERE co ti ues to e able automake s to meet complia ce equi eme ts while delive i g mea i gful imp oveme ts i oad safety.
