International Journal of Advances in Engineering & Technology, Oct., 2015. ©IJAET ISSN: 22311963 678 Vol. 8, Issue 5, pp. 678-688 A WEB-BASED ACCIDENT REPORTING AND TRACKING SYSTEM (ARTSYS) USING SENSOR TECHNOLOGY Azeez, Raheem Ajetola 1 , Ogunrinde, Mutiat Adebukola 1 , Adeleye Sakirullah, Olaide 1 1 Mathematical & Computer Sciences Department, Fountain University, Osogbo. Osun State, Nigeria ABSTRACT Nigeria is a country where we experience one of the highest incidences of road accidents in Africa. This is largely due to the deplorable conditions of our road network, incidences of armed robbery attack on the roads as well as lack of proper reporting or alert system for such accidents. The statistics of road accidents, especially those involving loss of lives in Nigeria is alarming. Many lives have been lost as a result of lack of immediate medical attention for accident victims. ARTSYS is a web-based multiplatform accident reporting and tracking system. It was designed to provide avenue for prompt reporting of accidents and avoid possible loss of lives. The system provides an efficient and proper reporting as well as tracking of vehicles involved in an accident immediately after the accident occurrence. It was designed to handle carnage on Nigerian roads where adequate reporting of accidents is almost nonexistent using the GPS technology. The system has two major modules i. e. The tracker and the reporter. The tracking module was devised with the use of a Simulated Sensor Program implemented in Visual Basic and a GPS/GPRS/GSM modem to sense accidents occurrences, track the location of accidents and to send alert and report to concerned agencies. Further reporting could also be done on the website through appropriate documentation interested members of the public. KEYWORDS: ARTSYS, Simulated Sensor Program, Accident, Federal Agencies, GPS/GPRS/GSM modem. I. INTRODUCTION An accident is an unforeseen and unplanned event or circumstance, often with lack of intention or necessity. It usually implies a generally negative outcome which may have been avoided or prevented had circumstances leading up to the accident being recognized earlier, and acted upon, prior to its occurrence. The International Road Federation, Geneva Programme Center reported that approximately 2.4 million people have died in road accidents across the world, with a yearly record of 1.3 million deaths and daily record of 3,000 deaths [7]. The worst hit are middle-income countries, a circumstance confirmed by Mrs. Tawia Addo-Ashong, World Bank Global Road Safety Facility Coordinator, she said that 1.2 million die yearly from road traffic accidents especially in low- to middle-income countries [4] . Nigeria still remains one of the worst hit countries. With a human population of about 167 million, a high level of vehicular population estimated at over 7.6 million, a total road length of about 194,000 kilometres (comprising 34,120 km of federal, 30,500 km of state, and 129,580 km of local roads) [12], the country has suffered severe losses to fatal car accidents. Nigeria is ranked second-highest in the rate of road accidents among 193 countries of the world [1]. Oladepo and Brieger in 1986 argued that three-quarters of all accidents on Nigerian roads involve fatalities.[9] The WHO adjudged Nigeria the most dangerous country in Africa with 33.7 deaths per 100,000 population every year [14]. According to their report, one in every four road accident deaths in Africa occurs in Nigeria. The WHO survey and the FRSC report of 5,693 fatal road accidents in 2009[5] leave no doubt about the dangerous situation on Nigerian roads. The increasing rate of loss of life and property due to road accident warranted the need for a way of getting prompt and immediate report of accident occurrence to the concerned agencies for proper rescue operation and record