An IOT Based Smart System for Accident Prevention and Detection

Nowadays, the number of accidents has increased rapidly. About 17 accidents take place every hour. Bike accidents constitute a major chunk of all accidents; this is because two-wheelers do not have as many safety parameters which are included in four-wheelers. Reasons causing it can be due to not wearing a helmet, feeling drowsy while driving, alcohol consumption, two vehicles coming into closer proximity without both drivers' notice, breaking of traffic signals, driving without a valid or no driving license, careless driving, unintended triggering of the acceleration pedal, etc. The main objective of this paper is to propose a system which can effectively help in preventing any kind of mishaps and if such conditions occur then how it detects and informs the concerned authorities and people, so that the situation can be taken care of immediately. This system detects accidents by vibration sensors, accelerometers. For detection, we use GPS and GSM module which locates the site of the accident and correspondingly informs the person's near ones and nearby hospitals through a text message. Only sending a text message to nearby hospitals won't be enough because it cannot avoid secondary accidents and hence, this system caters this requirement too. The system provides an idiosyncratic prevention and detection system that dispenses the ultimate panacea for drivers which ensures safety and prevents loss of life by taking appropriate measures in right time. It also checks whether the driver is drowsy or in an unstable state which can lead to pedal mix-up and in some cases unintended acceleration or turning of the steering wheel to the wrong direction which can lead to crashing of the vehicle with other vehicles or concrete road barrier. This system also provides a mechanism by which it identifies whether the person that will be riding the bike has a valid driving license or a driving license at all by already embedded RFID on driving license. The RFID reader on the bike will have will have at most 10 registered users, so that the family members or his/her friends can also ride the bike. Hence, this mechanism also handles theft related issues.