Road Accidents Prediction and Classification

Abstract

Abstract: Road accidents leads to death, disability and hospitalization of people across world which leads to loss of potential income of individual and also affects the economy of the country. For every 10 people killed during road accidents across world one person belongs to India. In year 2020, total of 3,66,138 road accidents occurred leading to loss of 1,31,714 persons lives, injuring 3,48,279 persons. Number of road accidents and damage caused by it can be reduced by identifying the factors leading to it. In this project, we are applying the concepts of data mining and machine learning to identify the various factors that affect road accidents and its severity. The application will take variety inputs such as age of vehicle, light condition, road surface condition, speed limit etc. and will use random forest machine learning algorithm to calculate the severity of a possible accident. The severity of a possible accident will be displayed on a scale of 1 to 3, 1 being the highest and 3 being the least severe so, that they drive safely and take precautions. This data can be used in future to analyze inputs and improves the accuracy of the system output. In case of severity 1 which is the case of possibility of fatal accident an alert message will be sent to police so that they can take any preventive measures and therefore this application can prove to be very helpful in reducing accident fatality rates in the country.