NHAI to collaborate with IIIT Delhi to enhance road safety through artificial intelligence

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has entered into an memorandum of understanding with the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT, Delhi) to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) based solutions for improvement in the availability of road signs on national highways, a move aimed at enhancing road safety.

The tentative length to be covered under this project shall be around 25,000 km, the ministry of road transport and highways said in a statement issued on Thursday.

As per the agreement, IIIT Delhi will conduct surveys for collecting imagery and other data related to availability and condition of road signages on selected national highways stretches.


The data collected through surveys will be processed by IIIT Delhi through deployment of Artificial Intelligence for accurate identification and classification of road signs.

The survey report based on the results will include geo-stamped inventory of existing road signs with the categorisation, broad structural condition of the road signs and other ancillary data.

The institute will also conduct a gap study that will be carried out by assessing the difference between the survey findings and the requirement of road signs as per the approved road signages plan of the respective contract agreement, the ministry said.

“The gap study shall additionally cover the requirements as per latest codal provisions relevant to high- speed corridors to cater the enhanced safety requirements,” it added.

As per the statement, the aim is to enhance road safety for all national highway users by harnessing the potential of Al and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).cing innovation and adopting advanced technologies.