Automated Road Safety System

The huge number of injury and death due to road accident reveals the story of global crisis of road safety.By the figure of World Health Organization (WHO 2016),about 1.2 million people die each year as a result of road accident around the world.In Bangladesh, this problem is fatal than other countries. According to World Bank Statistics, annual fatality rate from road accident is found 85.6 fatalities per 10,000 vehicles (World Bank, 2012).So, we are committed to solve these severe road accidents and safe these precious lives.

We will develop a mechanical solution including sensors,object detection and auto accident preventive function to analyze any obstacles in the road.This will help and drive the vehicle to a safe position and will prevent any kind of possible accidents.

By preventing road accidents in Bangladesh we will possibly able to better  economical and health related issues.Safe transportation will increase life span and better living.

Recently the road safety problem intensity is noticeable in Bangladesh.A series of public protests in Bangladesh advocating improved road safety were also held from 29 July to 8 August 2018.Each and every people in Bangladesh is demanding safe roads.

So, we are trying to solve this severe problem in Bangladesh from all the angels we can.Being students we are facing the urging demand to solve the road safety problems.

The problem scale is huge indeed,as it shoke the nation.

Accident research institute ARI, BUET revealed that road accidents claim on average 12,000 lives annually and lead to about 35,000 injuries (ARI, 2011). So the annual economic wastage occasioned by traffic accidents is estimated to  be in the order of 2 to 3 percent of the GDP (WHO 2015). Bangladesh loses many people every day like children,youth,old,doctor,engineer and especially school and college going students due to road accidents. In 2011, Bangladesh lost two brilliant citizens, filmmaker Tareque Masud and journalist Mishuk Monir in road accident.

Contributing factors to solve the problem:

1. Controlling inappropriate and excessive speeding

2.Driving according to traffic rules

3.Qualified driving and drivers

4.Preventing risky and over weight carrying

5.Proper monitoring and planning.

Road accident is a burning issue all over Bangladesh.By solving this problem people from every class and status will be benefited ,because without safe transportation people will not get assurance of their safety of life. Therefore, transportation is a must for a developing country like Bangladesh.So, we went through the depth of problem and there comes road safety issue.And the safety issue is better done by the technology.We have done some field works regarding the problem and took their opinion about the problem.We these activities under our own group Ingeniero.

The automated solution is positively capable of fulfilling the need of our people.As the system will individually analyze proper steps to ensure life safety and will assist to abide by the corresponding rules, this technological solution will obviously address people's need to ensure road safety.

Automated Road Safety System project consists of some mechanical instruments:

Following mentioned stuffs will accomplish all the tasks we want from the project.

1. Eight Sonar Sensors:
Six sonar sensors will be arranged in front of a vehicle and the sensors will sense any object in 120 degree diameter in safe distance.These sensors will only give the controller mother board updates every second about any object existence and distance in via analog signals.Other two sonar sensors will be placed below the vehicle.These two sensors will give data about the surface level or distance.

2.HD Front Camera:
This camera will record the front view of a vehicle and classify every captured object and find their identity with the help of Controller Mother Board in 120 degree diameter.

3.Four IR Distance Sensors:
The IR Distance Sensors will be placed in both left and right sides of the vehicle.They will detect any object in both sides of the vehicle and sent signal to the controller.

4.IR Sensor Strip For Windows and Doors :
It is a bunch of some IR sensors that detect any object in between a window or a door.

5.Buzzer:
Buzzer will aware people according to the signal if there is any object in between the window or the door.

6.LED Indicator Light:
The Indicator lights will show if the IR distance sensors detected any object coming from their side.

7.Controller Mother Board:
Controller will control the whole system according to the sensors and camera values.It will decide what steps will be taken according to the situation.

Co-ordination and Working Method:

In normal speed, the sonar sensors will detect an object distance and angel.The camera will detect what kind of object it is and if it remains unmoved and covers the path, vehicle will stop 1metre close to it.

If the object continue moving than the sonars will analyze if it is coming towards or going away.If it goes away vehicle will continue its speed, otherwise it will stop at a safe point.

If the camera recognizes 2 or more humans around vehicle, system will be more alert.

If the other two sonars detect abnormal lying surface the vehicle will stop.

Also if any person tries to take any body part out of the window or door an alarm will alert them and any sudden vehicle coming from any side of the vehicle will be alerted with the LED Indicators.

The variation and unique co-ordination of technology makes the solution different from other measurements taken to solve the problem.With this process we don't only avoid the obstacles to prevent accident but also map the movement of an object and detect that object to take proper steps.

The sensors co-ordinate among them and responses according to the signals within 0.1 second.Thus we can maintain safe distance and act very fast with this technology.

As the automated system doesn't rely on humans during action and interferes directly to the actuation and acceleration, anyone can not admit any accident intentionally or subconsciously.

And last but not least, we don't have to go to the topic of blaming a person or organization, the vehicle itself will prevent any critical situation and maintain laws accordingly.

As the project is a prototype it is going under some experimental services like using the technology in a bus.In future, we determine to materialize the technology in 204 companies and about 6 thousand buses.So, that plan will serve about most citizens living in urban areas.As buses break traffic rules comparatively more than other transports, we ambitious to cover bus companies with our technology in Bangladesh in one year.

In the far future, we have plans to serve the mass population both in rural and urban areas of our country.We have dreams to execute the technology in every vehicle running more than 40km/h speed in Bangladesh in five years.

Our team members working on this solution are 15.We have seven organizing and founding members.They are our full-time staff.We also have four part-time members.

Among the full-time members four people and among the part-time members two people are working on the technical and system analysis and five other five members are working in field sector.

For overall support we have two technological sponsors and contractors.

Other two members work on team activities monitoring and advising.

We have some supporting donors and sponsors.They co-ordinate with our project execution from social responsibility and non-profitable funding.But we are committed to support their financial sector as per our team profit.

To maintain our team cost and financial sustainability Neoventis.Ltd always co-ordinate with us and give us support.We also have some family business and farms that are contributing in our funding issue.

To get technological support and strategic help in applying the technology to the development of our country we are applying to the Tiger Challenge.

The support and funding issues that Tiger IT Foundation will provide, will help us to materialize our project to national level and serve the mass population of Bangladesh.So, we are eagerly applying to the Tiger Challenge to grab an opportunity apply our dream.