INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD

An information providing system includes: one or more terminal devices that are respectively mounted on one or more vehicles; and an information processing apparatus communicable with the terminal devices via a network. Each of the terminal devices includes first circuitry configured to detect an object on a road and transmit terminal information including captured image data in which the object is captured and position information indicating a position where the object is detected to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes second circuitry that receives the terminal information from at least one of the terminal devices that has detected the object on the road, determines whether the object in the captured image data included in the terminal information is a predetermined fallen object, when the object is determined to be the predetermined fallen object, registers the captured image data and the position information included in the terminal information that is received, and information for identifying the fallen object, in a memory as fallen object information of the fallen object, and provides information on the fallen object, based on the registered fallen object information.