Intelligent Accident Detection through Mobile Phone using Internet of Things

Abstract

The Internet of Things (IoT) has been growing rapidly in recent years and widely used in variety of applications such as smart phone, smart health, intelligent transportation and smart city domains. The largest cost of unnatural deaths in the world today (other than diseases) is road accidents. With increase in population, as the usage of vehicles is increasing drastically, the hazard due to vehicles is also increased. The main cause for accidents is high speed, drunk and drive, diverting minds and over stress etc. An attempt has been made towards finding solutions for timely accident notification. The proposed system records the parameters of vehicle at regular intervals of time, through a smart device installed in the vehicle and sends these values onto the Android App, vehicle owner or a third party. The system will facilitate the users in a number of ways such as notification for immediate aid in case of accident, tracking the vehicle conditions in case of accident and disabling the vehicle remotely. The hardware components include the smart device installed in vehicle and a mobile phone for user interaction. The smart device which is installed in the vehicle does not interfere with the normal functioning of the vehicle or cause overheads.