Author : Apurva Mane and Jaideep Rana

Vehicle accidents are one of the leading causes of fatalities. Because of not getting help on time, poor emergency facilities, people lose their lives. This project deals with the optimum solution to this drawback. An automatic alarm device for vehicle accidents is introduced in this paper. The vehicular module is used to detect vehicle accident. An accelerometer can be used in a car alarm application so that dangerous driving can be detected. It can be used as a crash or rollover detector of the vehicle during and after a crash. With signals from an accelerometer, a severe accident can be recognized. The vehicular module can search for the accident spot and then send the basic information to first aid center and police station within few seconds covering geographical coordinates where the accident had taken place. By means of satellite navigation system, first aid rescuers, police too can accurately locate the place so that they can save the injured people as soon as possible. This paper provides the following contributions to detecting vehicle accidents via ATMEGA 16 controller. Here it is seen how AVR controller, accelerometer, GSM connections, and GPS can be used to provide situational awareness.

Keywords: vehicle accident, MEMS, accelerometer, GSM, GPS, alarm device, vehicle tracking

Article published in International Journal of Current  Engineering  and Technology, Vol.4,No.3 (June- 2014)