http://www.iaeme.com/IJARET/index.asp 100 editor@iaeme.com International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET) Volume 11, Issue 7, July 2020, pp. 100-107, Article ID: IJARET_11_07_012 Available online athttp://www.iaeme.com/IJARET/issues.asp?JType=IJARET&VType=11&IType=7 ISSN Print: 0976-6480 and ISSN Online: 0976-6499 DOI: 10.34218/IJARET.11.7.2020.012 © IAEME Publication Scopus Indexed IOT BASED ACCIDENT DETECTION SYSTEM IN VANET A. Mari Kirthima Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, BMS Institute of Technology and Management, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Ambika G.N Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, BMS Institute of Technology and Management, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Rajesh N.V Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, BMS Institute of Technology and Management, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ABSTRACT Increase in the population of vehicles and lack of proper traffic management has driven the rise in the accidents. The survey reports on an average 3,700 people are killed every day globally in road accidents. The worst part is large number of victims lost their lives due to late information to emergency services. The proposed system tackles this issue with VANET (Vehicular Ad-hoc Network) architecture involving Vehicle-to-Infrastructure communication. The system is cable of reaching emergency services in no network coverage area via radio-frequency communication. On average, the response of the system takes less than 10 seconds to reach out emergency services thereby rescuing the precious lives of the victims. Key words: Vehicular Ad-hoc Network, Vehicle-to-Infrastructure communication radio-frequency communication. Cite this Article: A. Mari Kirthima, Ambika G.N and Rajesh N.V, IOT Based Accident Detection System in VANET, International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology, 11(7), 2020, pp. 100-107. http://www.iaeme.com/IJARET/issues.asp?JType=IJARET&VType=11&IType=7 1. INTRODUCTION Road Accidents has become a serious issue in the recent years due to increase in population and significant increase in the number of vehicle owners. Annual Global Road Crash