A method for collecting and processing data related to road status of a network of roads represented by a grid network, the method comprising a process of collecting data from a plurality of vehicles (2, 3, 4) and data related to temperature, weather conditions and other atmospheric conditions from a stationary data collecting unit and data from external weather providers and providing information related to said road status to at least one user, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: - collecting a first set of data from said plurality of vehicles (2, 3, 4), said first set of data indicating surrounding conditions in the vicinity of each respective vehicle (2, 3, 4) related to temperature, weather and road conditions and vehicle operation; - collecting a second set of data indicating the position of each of said vehicles (2, 3, 4); - collecting a third set of data from said stationary data collecting unit, said third set of data indicating the surrounding conditions related to temperature, weather conditions and other atmospheric conditions in the vicinity of said data collecting unit; - transferring said first, second and third sets of data (7, 8, 9) to a central server unit being associated with a storage medium; - in said server unit, interpreting said first set of data in combination with said second and third set of data (7, 8) such that improved and local information related to road status for a coverage area of said data collecting unit, is provided; and - providing weather and road status forecast data in each one of a plurality of sections (13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) of said grid network; and - additionally providing information by means of the following steps: i) as a first step, information related to the different areas (13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) regarding weather conditions is collected from commercial weather forecast providers, wherein said information from the first step is used for providing a preliminary forecast regarding the weather and road status; and ii) as a second step, using the third set of data from the stationary data collecting unit for confirming the forecast from the first step and for improving the accuracy of said forecast. - collecting a first set of data from said plurality of vehicles (2, 3, 4), said first set of data indicating surrounding conditions in the vicinity of each respective vehicle (2, 3, 4) related to temperature, weather and road conditions and vehicle operation; - collecting a second set of data indicating the position of each of said vehicles (2, 3, 4); - collecting a third set of data from said stationary data collecting unit, said third set of data indicating the surrounding conditions related to temperature, weather conditions and other atmospheric conditions in the vicinity of said data collecting unit; - transferring said first, second and third sets of data (7, 8, 9) to a central server unit being associated with a storage medium; - in said server unit, interpreting said first set of data in combination with said second and third set of data (7, 8) such that improved and local information related to road status for a coverage area of said data collecting unit, is provided; and - providing weather and road status forecast data in each one of a plurality of sections (13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) of said grid network; and - additionally providing information by means of the following steps: i) as a first step, information related to the different areas (13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) regarding weather conditions is collected from commercial weather forecast providers, wherein said information from the first step is used for providing a preliminary forecast regarding the weather and road status; and ii) as a second step, using the third set of data from the stationary data collecting unit for confirming the forecast from the first step and for improving the accuracy of said forecast. i) as a first step, information related to the different areas (13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) regarding weather conditions is collected from commercial weather forecast providers, wherein said information from the first step is used for providing a preliminary forecast regarding the weather and road status; and ii) as a second step, using the third set of data from the stationary data collecting unit for confirming the forecast from the first step and for improving the accuracy of said forecast.