Anti-Accident Mechanism to Detect Driver Drowsiness Integrated with Alerting Mechanism: An IoT-based Model

According to the report released by the National Safety Council (NSC), about 1,00,000 accidents, 71,000 injuries, and 1,550 deaths are caused due to Drowsiness while driving each year. According to a study by the AAA Foundation for Road Safety, Drowsiness is responsible for up to 9.5% of accidents and 10.8% of those involving airbag deployment, injury, or significant property damage. The paper aims to build a real-time system to prevent accidents caused due to Drowsiness. It implements the features of Computer Vision, Deep Learning, and Internet of Things (IoT) tools to detect Drowsiness and alert the Driver. The various alerting techniques adopted to alert the Driver includes Alarming, Vibration, and Water Sprinkler are implemented using IoT.