Web Application and GPS Integration in Motor Vehicle Accident Detection A Case of Nairobi, Kenya
Date
2012-12Author
Njuguna, Peter N.
Kahonge, Andrew M.
Miriti, Evans K.
Type
OtherLanguage
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When accidents occur, help to the victims is delayed mostly
due to lack of prompt detection and reporting. Further, an
easily accessible electronic motor vehicle accident database
does not exist in Kenya. In an attempt to tackle these
problems, a technique for automatically detecting and
reporting accidents to relevant authorities is presented. In this
technique, several technologies have been integrated and they
include; impact sensors, Global Positioning System (GPS),
Geographical Information System (GIS), Global System for
Mobile Communication (GSM), Electronic Database System,
the internet and web programming. In evaluating the
technique, over fifty impacts were generated in experiments
using a software and hardware prototype that was developed
as part of this work. It is found that 98 percent of impacts
were successfully transmitted and updated on the database as
accidents, within an impressive average time of fifteen
seconds. Additionally, authorized web clients could access
this information immediately.
Citation
International Journal of Computer Applications (0975 – 8887) Volume 59– No.8, December 2012Publisher
School of Computing and Informatics