Intelligent Space led a team of consultants in an assessment of crowd safety and route design at the Notting Hill Carnival. The project involved both state of the art computer modelling of the crowd and best practice risk assessment. This provided the GLA Carnival Review Group with guidance on improving crowd safety and an evaluation of the merits or risks of alternative routes that were proposed by various Stakeholders.

As part of the project, the first major observation survey of Carnival took place in August 2001 using both CCTV and on site survey teams. Intelligent Space also organised a conference to bring together the Stakeholders and facilitate discussion about the alternative routes.

Intelligent Space won the prestigious 2002 AGI Award for Innovation for their advanced computer modelling of crowds at the Carnival. Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London, said "I am delighted that Intelligent Space have been given this award for innovation. Their research has been absolutely vital to the review of Notting Hill Carnival."

A follow-up study of the event was carried out at Carnival 2002. Excerpts from the final report are available for download from our publications page.

Executive Summary: The key findings of the 2001 Notting Hill Carnival Public Safety project (PDF)

Design guidance on alternative Carnival route design (PDF)