ABOUT iRAD Project

The Integrated Road Accident Database (iRAD) Project is an initiative of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Government of India, and is funded by World Bank, with an objective to improve road safety in the country. The main objective of the project is the development of Integrated Road Accident Database (iRAD), to enrich the accident databases from every part of the country. The project would generate various types of insights by analyzing the collected road accident data across the country through the implementation of data analytics techniques. The proposed system would represent the analysis output through Monitoring & Reporting Dashboard & Analytics Dashboard for easy understanding and accordingly forecasting & Decision Making by Apex Authorities for the formulation of new policies & strategies. The outcome of the project would be enhanced road safety i.e. ‘Safe Road for All’ in India. The IRAD mobile application will enable police personnel to enter details about a road accident, along with photos and videos, following which a unique ID will be created for the incident. Subsequently, an engineer from the Public Works Department or the local body will receive an alert on his mobile device. He or she will then visit the accident site, examine it, and feed the required details, such as the road design. Data thus collected will be analyzed by a team at IIT-M, which will then suggest if corrective measures in road design need to be taken.