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Inrix launches Inrix Safety Alerts to help reduce collisions

Transportation analytics supplier Inrix has launched Inrix Safety Alerts, a new product suite incorporating Inrix Dangerous Slowdowns, Inrix Incidents and Inrix Road Weather that uses real-time data from vehicles and range of other sources to inform drivers and a transportation agencies and help reduce incidents.
December 11, 2017 Read time: 1 min
Transportation analytics supplier 163 Inrix has launched Inrix Safety Alerts, a new product suite incorporating Inrix Dangerous Slowdowns, Inrix Incidents and Inrix Road Weather that uses real-time data from vehicles and range of other sources to inform drivers and a transportation agencies and help reduce incidents.


Inrix Dangerous Slowdowns is a service in Inrix XD Traffic that uses real-time data from vehicles to help prevent back-of-queue, rear-end collisions. Inrix Incidents uses more than 400 data sources to keep drivers and transportation planners informed about congestion, accidents and construction on the road.

Inrix Road Weather uses real-time and predictive atmospheric data to give drivers and transportation officials advance warning of dangerous weather-related road conditions.

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