Development and Analysis of Pothole detection and Alert based on NodeMCU

Traffic congestion and accidents are mainly due to pathetic condition of road. The most common form of distress on such roads are potholes, which can compromise safety, and result in vehicle damage. Repairing the roads on regular bases will ensure the drivers safety and helps reduction in vehicle damage. There are many methods existing for pothole detection which use sophisticated equipment and algorithms. Due to the huge data computation such processes are slow and power consuming. In this paper, we propose an efficient depth-based pothole detection technique without any high computation and processing. In the proposed method we use the depth calculated by ultrasonic sensor as a base for detecting the pothole and there after its location is sent to mail. The results indicate that this method can be used in identification of potholes and maintaining the roads in proper condition.