Vehicle collision alert system and method for facilitating vehicle collision avoidance

A computer-implemented method for detecting vehicular impairment, the method implemented using an impairment analysis (“IA”) computing device associated with a host vehicle, the IA computing device including at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device, the method comprising:

• interrogating, by the IA computing device, a target vehicle by using a plurality of sensors included on a host vehicle to scan a target vehicle;
• receiving, by the IA computing device, sensor data and including target vehicle condition data and target vehicle operation data, the target vehicle condition data including data representing a current engine condition of the target vehicle, target vehicle operation data including data representing a current operation of the target vehicle;
• analyzing, by the IA computing device, by applying the sensor data to a baseline model representing standard vehicle operation and maintenance conditions for the target vehicle, wherein the baseline model accounts for a current location of the target vehicle, current driving conditions experienced by the target vehicle, and a current time when the sensor data was captured, and wherein the baseline model identifies a level of vehicular impairment indicating a likelihood that a vehicle collision will occur between the target vehicle and the host vehicle;
• detecting, by the IA computing device, a vehicular impairment of the target vehicle based upon the analysis by identifying at least one data outlier within the sensor data that indicates the vehicle impairment;
• identifying the level of vehicular impairment from the analysis of the sensor data by the baseline model;
• transmitting the detected vehicular impairment and the level of vehicular impairment of the target vehicle to a remote-computing device to update an insurance policy of an insurance holder;
• and
• directing, by the IA computing device, corrective action based upon the impairment and the level of vehicular impairment of the target vehicle.