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dc.contributor.authorWalusimbi, Eddie
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-01T14:17:39Z
dc.date.available2018-10-01T14:17:39Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/4634
dc.descriptionThis work was submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering of Makerere University
dc.description.abstractAccidents in Uganda have claimed people’s lives due to negligence and delay in response to their occurrence. 22,715 people died between 2010 and June, 2017, due to road accidents. Ideally, motor vehicle systems are manufactured with safety mechanisms such as: the traction control, electronic stability control and many other safety features such that in case of an accident, the victims do not die. However the motor vehicle systems in cars used in Uganda, lack features that give a notification in case of an accident occurrence. A system was developed to reduce the number of accident deaths due to delayed response and medication attendance. The system utilizes crowdsourcing by the use of the USSD module and mobile application module. The USSD module gives a detailed explanation of the location and fatality of the accident and the application module provides the exact location by the use of the phones GPS and fatality of the accident. The USSD and application module were developed using Microsoft visual studio 2017 since it has Xamarin embedded in it. The database that keeps all the information was developed using MS SQL, Visual C#, PHP, HTML and JavaScript. The system uses an API to interconnect all the system modules involved that is: the emergency services interface, the mobile application and the database. The database stores all the information about the transactions done on the system for future reference including the date of the accident, its location and to whom it was assigned and what happened to the victims. The USSD and mobile application communicate with the database through their respective listeners contained in an API.
dc.publisherMakerere University
dc.titleAdvancing transportation in Uganda with connectivity, automation & intelligence: An accident awareness systemen_US


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