Real-Time Traffic Accident Reporting and Road Condition Monitoring: A Road Safety Solution

Drivers often face significant delays due to bureaucratic procedures following traffic accidents, particularly while awaiting insurance representatives. These postponements disrupt traffic flow, increasing the risk of secondary collisions, posing economic and safety risks as well. AccidentAlert is a mobile application designed to streamline accident reporting by enabling drivers to directly notify insurance providers and alert nearby users of traffic disruptions. The application was developed based on a review of existing solutions, interviews with insurance professionals, and survey responses from 178 drivers. Following development, the application was evaluated through an initial task-based usability study ( n = 9) and a larger video-based perception study ( n = 78). Participants reported generally positive perceptions of the application’s usability and usefulness; however, the larger evaluation did not involve direct hands-on interaction. Additional paired statistical analyses of the pre-development driver survey ( N = 178) revealed no statistically significant difference in perceived usefulness between basic accident reporting and real-time alerting, whereas anticipated frequency of use was significantly higher for the alerting functionality. These findings provide preliminary evidence of positive user perceptions but do not demonstrate actual system adoption or improvements in road safety, traffic congestion, or emergency-response outcomes, which require further real-world validation.