In a country like Nigeria that is highly populated and a place where the transport system is predominantly road-driven, accident cannot be completely avoided and as such, prompt rescue measures are of paramount to reduce the number of deaths during accident. Immediate attention to accident victims will go a very long way to ensure their survival. Heavy dependence on the road for transportation, coupled with other factors arising from environment, human beings and machines are responsible for most road accidents, which often result to huge loss of lives and properties. Hence, our paper proposes an automobile accident alert system that uses impact sensors which collaborates with proximity sensors to automatically detect an accident. Such accident is reported to the concerned agency with the help of Internet of things (IoTs) and Global System for Mobile communication (GSM). With IoTs, various objects across the globe can be connected to the internet for effective communication. Through GSM, automobile crash message containing the latitude and longitude location information obtained from Global Position System (GPS) can be sent to emergency services. RF module was also incorporated to the proposed system to report accident to other close vehicles for safety measures to be taken. The proposed system was simulated and implemented. It is capable of timely detection and reporting of accident to rescue agency. Both simulation and experimental methodologies were used in our proposed work. The proposed system will be beneficiary to individuals, governments and any organizations that make use of vehicles.
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