International Journal For Technological Research In Engineering

Volume 6, Issue 8, April-2019 ISSN (Online): 2347 - 4718

ARDUINO BASED VEHICLE ACCIDENT DETECTION SYSTEM

Viplove Rohilla1, Monica Bazzad2
1
B.Tech Scholar, 2Assistant Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mahavir Swami Institute of Technology, Sonepat

ABSTRACT: Vehicle accidents are one of the most leading

causes of death. Road accident is the most unwanted thing
to happen to a road user, though they happen quite often.
The most unfortunate thing is that we don't learn from our
mistakes on the road. Most of the road users are quite well
aware of the general rules and safety measures while using
the roads, but it is only the laxity on the part of road users,
which causes accidents and crashes. The main cause of
accidents and crashes are due to human errors. We are
elaborating some of the common behaviors of humans,
which results in accidents.
1.Over Speeding
2.Drunken Driving
3.Distractions to Driver
4.Red Light Jumping Figure 1: Road Traffic Deaths Worldwide by Sex and Age
5.Avoiding Safety Gears like Seat belts and Helmets Group, 2002
6.Non-adherence to lane driving and overtaking in a wrong Source: WHO Global Burden of Disease Project, Version 1
manner (2002).
To save people life’s from a road accident, we are going to
build an Arduino based vehicle accident alert system using II. METHODOLOGY
GPS, GSM, and accelerometer. The accelerometer detects Accident detection and the messaging system can be fitted in
the sudden change in the axes of the vehicle and the GSM a vehicle (Ambulance & Police) and they are informed about
module sends the alert message on your Mobile Phone with any such incident at the go. Accident detection and
the location of the accident. The location of the accident is messaging system is simple as the system makes use of GSM
sent in the form of the Google Map link, derived from the & GPS technologies. GPS is used for taking the coordinate
latitude and longitude from the GPS module. The Message of the site of the accident while GSM is used for sending the
also contains the speed of a vehicle in knots. message to the phone. To make this process all the control is
Keywords: Vehicle accident, Accelerometer, Arduino, GSM, made using Arduino whereas LCD is used to display the
GPS. accident.

I. INTRODUCTION III. BLOCK DIAGRAM OF THE SYSTEM

Whenever a road accident happens, the people nearby have to
manually call the ambulance which causes a waste of time.
Hence there is a delay for emergency services to arrive at the
location of the accident. In order to fix this problem, we are
going to build a system that will provide the emergency
facilities for the victims in the shortest time possible. It
incorporates an embedded system that contains GPS and
GSM modules connected with an Arduino UNO. The entire
set-up is installed at the front end of the vehicle. Global
Positioning System (GPS) is used to identify the location of
the vehicle. GSM is used to inform the exact vehicular IV. HARDWARE COMPONENTS REQUIRED
location in the form of the longitude and latitude coordinates A. Arduino UNO
to the precoded numbers using an SMS. GSM module It is the heart of our system. The Arduino UNO is a widely
provides a two-way communication by using a SIM card. used open-source microcontroller board based on the
Such a module works in the same manner as a regular phone. ATmega328P microcontroller and developed by Arduino.cc.
This application provides the optimum solution to poor [The board is equipped with sets of digital and analog
emergency facilities provided for road accidents in the most input/output (I/O) pins that may be interfaced to various
feasible way. expansion boards (shields) and other circuits. The board
features 14 Digital pins and 6 Analog pins. It is
programmable with the ArduinoIDE(Integrated Development

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Volume 6, Issue 8, April-2019 ISSN (Online): 2347 - 4718

Environment) via a type B USB cable. It can be powered by a messages or coordinates. We have used GPS Module
USB cable or by an external 9-volt battery, though it accepts SIM28ML and GSM Module SIM900A.
voltages between 7 and 20 volts. Now whenever there is an accident, the car gets tilt and
accelerometer changes his axis values. These values are read
B. GSM Module (SIM900A) by Arduino and checks if any change occurs in any axis. If
The SIM900 is a complete Quad-band GSM/GPRS Module any change occurs, then Arduino reads coordinates by
which can be embedded easily used by the customer or extracting $GPGGA String from GPS module data (GPS
hobbyist. SIM900 GSM Module provides an industry- working explained above) and sendSMS to the predefined
standard interface. SIM900 delivers GSM/GPRS number to the police or ambulance or family member with
850/900/1800/1900MHz performance for voice, SMS, Data the location coordinates of accident place. The message also
with low power consumption. It is easily available in the contains a Google Map link to the accident location, so that
market. location can be easilytracked. When we receive the message
 SIM900 designed by using single-chip processor then we only need to click the link and we will redirect to the
integrating AMR926EJ-S core Google map and then we can see the exact location of the
 Quad-band GSM/GPRS module in small size. vehicle. The speed of Vehicle, in knots (1.852 KPH), is also
 GPRS Enabled sent in the SMS and displayed on the LCD panel.

C. GPS Module (SIM28ML) VI. FUTURE SCOPE

Global Position System(GPS) is a space-based satellite In the future, we can interface with different sensors such as
navigation system that provides location and time alcohol detector, drowsiness detector, heart rate detector, etc.
information in all weather conditions, anywhere on or near In terms of this, we can really prevent an accident and save
the earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four lives. This can also be developed by interconnecting to a
or more GPs satellite. The system provides critical controller module that takes the photographs of the accident
capabilities to military, civil, commercial users around the spot that makes the tracking easier.
world. It is maintained by the United States government and
is freely accessible to anyone with a GPS receiver. VII. CONCLUSION
The proposed system is developed to provide information
D. ACCELEROMETER about the accident occurs and the location of the accident. It
An accelerometer sensor is used to check whether an helps to easily provide assistance and help to the victim of
automobile meets with an accident with or not. As the the accident. This system uses a GPS module to locate the
automobile is inclined with the road with 0 or 180 degrees. vehicle. GSM is used to provide information of an accident.
As the inclined angle changes the probability of accident The results of the proposed systems are satisfactory.
increases and accelerometer sends information to the Arduino
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