Ipswich Connected Vehicle Pilot (ICVP)

The Ipswich Connected Vehicle Pilot (ICVP) was Australia's largest cooperative intelligent transport system (C-ITS) field operational test.

The department created a multi-vendor C-ITS environment in Ipswich, comprised of 355 public participants' vehicles retrofitted with connected vehicle technology, 29 roadside stations and a central station covering 300km² of the pilot area. Participants used the equipment for a period of 12 months.

The ICVP used vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication technology to provide drivers with safety warnings. The project also included the simulator testing of two vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) use cases - slow / stopped vehicles and emergency electronic brake light.

Summary reports for the subjective, safety and simulator evaluations are published on iMOVE Australia webpage: Ipswich Connected Vehicle Pilot: Final reports.

The department worked in partnership with Motor Accident insurance Commission (MACI) of Queensland, Telstra, Queensland University of Technology's (QUT) Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety Queensland (CARRS-Q), iMOVE Australia, Ipswich City Council, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts.