To provide information on edge deterioration for the UK, inspectors carry out visual inspections on foot. In these inspections the deterioration of the road edge and adjacent verge is assessed by visual observation, and the rutting in the verge is either estimated, or measured using a straight edge and wedge. defects are located by their distance from the start of each road section surveyed, and this distance is measured with a hand pushed surveying wheel. The disadvantage of manual inspections lie in the fact that they are time consuming, hazardous, subjective and disruptive to traffic. It is clear that a faster, safer and more objective survey pould offer a desirable alternative to these manual surveys. However, such facilities are not provided by current traffic surveys. The main project aim is to investigate experimentally if deterioration of the road edge can be automatically identified and quantified using image and profile data collected using traffic-speed techniques