ANIMAL DETECTING BILLBOARDS

TitleANIMAL DETECTING BILLBOARDS
BrandBMW GROUP AUSTRIA
Product/ServiceBMW NIGHT VISION SYSTEM
Category A04. Data Visualisation
Entrant DEMNER, MERLICEK & BERGMANN Vienna, AUSTRIA
Idea Creation DEMNER, MERLICEK & BERGMANN Vienna, AUSTRIA
Credits
Name Company Position
Dushan Drakalski Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann Executive Creative Director
Alistair Thompson Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann Creative Director
Lukas Hueter Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann Art Director
Sebastian Hofer Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann Art Director
Alistair Thompson Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann Copywriter
Daniel Kovacs Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann Copywriter
Michael Wyhnal Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann Copywriter
Christin Herrnberger Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann Client Service Director
Julia Dragosits Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann Account Manager
Marcello Demner x Producer
Sandra Gloning x Production Assistant
Juergen Hackl x Director
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The Campaign

We wanted to bring safety to every road user and show them the advantages of BMW technology. The core target group were people considering a new purchase of a premium car. The analysis of data from wildlife crossing accidents made it possible to indentify the most dangerous areas in Austria and come up with a precise media placement strategy. LED Screens were not available at any of the identified animal crossing areas, so the Animal Detecting Billboards were installed temporally. The 61 billboards started to cover the areas for 6 weeks, beginning on the 21st of March, 2016, the first day of spring. During the runtime each and every driver could experience the benefits of BMW´s safety technology.

During the runtime not a single accident has occurred in the areas covered by the Animal Protecting Billboards.

The analysis of data from wildlife crossing accidents made it possible to indentify the most dangerous road sections in Austria and come up with a precise media placement strategy, which resulted in implementing a new road safety system.

Through the analysis of wildlife crossing accidents from the past years, we could identify not only the most risky road sections but also the most likely times for road kill accidents to happen.