Real-time road accident reporting system with location detection using cloud-based data analytics

With the increase of road vehicles, road accidents are an increasingly severe threat with incredible economic and social impacts. There has been a rising trend of fatalities and non-fatal casualties caused by road accidents in recent years. One of the main factors contributing to this is the slow dispatch of authorities during an accident as there is currently a lack of an automated accident reporting system. Thus, in this paper, the design of a real-time road accident reporting system was developed and presented. Computer vision was used in accident detection through the employment of a trained model via deep learning. The system then uses location detection and Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) to accurately report accidents to the relevant authorities. Cloud-based data analytics is also used to store collected data in a designated cloud location for future reference. A working prototype was developed with on-the-road testing demonstrating successful hazard detection and distance measurement as well as location detection. The reporting system and cloud analytics system was able to show instantaneous dispatch and storage of data to the respective targets. Overall, a working prototype was successfully designed, developed, and tested with both simulated inputs and live on-the-road footage.

I. Introduction

In a fact sheet published by the World Health Organisation (WHO), around 1.3 million people across the world lost their lives in crashes on the road, whereas 20 to 50 million suffer non-fatal injuries, many of which result in a disability [1]. In Malaysia alone, according to the Malaysia’s Ministry of Transport, road accidents have been on the rise between 2010 and 2019, as road accidents have increased from 414,421 cases per year to 567,516 cases in 2019 [2]. On the other hand, according to the Malaysia Road Fatalities Index, an average of 18 people lose their lives in road accidents in Malaysia daily [3]. Additionally, Federal Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department director Datuk Mat Kasim Karim stated that throughout the Movement Control Order (MCO) implementation period in Malaysia from March 18, 2020, to 13 October 2021, 566,760 accidents were reported, among them 5,412 were fatal with 5,739 mortalities [4].