DISTRACTED DRIVER AND SEATBELT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY PILOT

Transport Scotland
Scotland

Short-term hire and deployment of mobile camera technology to remotely detect and calculate the prevalence of handheld device usage and seatbelt non-compliance among drivers. The project involves data analysis to determine the scale of specific driver behaviours across multiple concurrent locations in Scotland to inform future policy.

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Awarded value: £350k; As published
Published: 6 February 2026; Find a Tender
Awarded: 6 February 2026
Contract length: Not stated

What the buyer is asking for

Provision of specialist road safety research services, including short-term equipment hire and data analysis for driver behaviour monitoring and enforcement trials.

Lifecycle

Publishedon Find a Tender
6 February 2026
Contract awarded
6 February 2026
Contract starts
Contract endsEnd date not published

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12.0× the typical traffic survey contract (£29k).

Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/2849878/distracted-driver-and-seatbelt-detection-technology-pilot
Buyer reference: TS/ROADS/SER/2022/03/03
Source: Find a Tender
Last checked: 12 October 2026

Transport Scotland. DISTRACTED DRIVER AND SEATBELT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY PILOT. Contract award, 6 February 2026. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/2849878/distracted-driver-and-seatbelt-detection-technology-pilot (accessed 12 October 2026).