BibTeX:

@article{IJIRSTV2I10065,
     title={Accident Sensor with Google Map Locator},
     author={Steffie Tom, Aparna Redkar, Keval Velip, Rohit Talekar and Michelle Araujo e Veigas},
     journal={International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology},
     volume={2},
     number={10},
     pages={122--127},
     year={},
     url={http://www.ijirst.org/articles/IJIRSTV2I10065.pdf},
     publisher={IJIRST (International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology)},
}

According to statistics”road to safety”, in a highly populated country like India, the usage of vehicles are rapidly increasing and at the same time people lose their lives because of accidents and poor emergency facilities. Hence, the value of human life is ignored. These lives could have been saved if medical facilities were provided at the right time. This paper proposes a system which can be installed in any car on the road at a minimal cost, acting as a solution to the mentioned drawback. An accelerometer sensor is used to sense the vibrations and tilt generated by the vehicle when it meets with an accident. This digital output from the sensor is used by the Arduino Uno controller, which is the heart of the system, to trigger the GSM module to deliver an SMS to preprogramed numbers such as ambulance, police station, family member of the victim etc. indicating that an accident has occurred. The accident location is provided by the global positioning system (GPS), which provides the latitude and longitude of the location, and with this information a link is sent in the SMS depicting the accident spot via Google map service provider.

Accident, Accelerometer sensor, Arduino Uno, Google map, GPS, GSM