The problem Accident Detection and Reporting Helmet solves

Every 5 minutes, a person dies in a road accident! Still the cases increase each year. These deaths have one thing in common, the victim is left to die on the road even though the hospitals and authorities are very near. People die even though they’re taken only 10-15 mins late. This is because the human brain can survive only 3-6 minutes without Oxygen, thus, taking the injured to the hospital quickly should be a priority. So we wanted to develop a device that can help connect the rescue departments and people much more by reporting the casualties fast, and hence improving the traffic alert system, saving thousands of lives.

The Solution

We've researched and innovated a significant addition to the existing “protective-helmets,” that will automatically detect the accident, as well as report the accident’s location to the nearest police station through SMS. It also alerts the nearby people through an emergency buzzer.

It consists of-

1. Detection Mechanism -
   An Accelerometer, for detection of accidents by identifying the sudden change in the person’s position & acceleration and a GPS Module, to find out the location of the accident.

2. Alerting Mechanism -
   A GSM Module, for messaging & alerting the authorities by providing the location of the accident and a Buzzer, so that nearby people can be gathered for quick help.

3. Power Source -
   9V Batteries have been used due to their longer duration of use & their efficiency.

4. Code -
   The code is a very important part of our project, you can check it in the links below.

5. 3D Model -
   The 3D Model is a very important part of our project, we've made it in TinkerCAD. It gives you a brief idea of the model of the helmet you can check it in the links below.

Challenges we ran into

We could not meet each other physically due to the Covid-19 pandemic and had to do all stuff online, which was challenging. Also we couldn't make a physical model of our project