Pothole Detection & Monitoring System

Abstract

One of the major problems faced by developing countries is the maintenance of road condition. Road infrastructure for the society is very important because majority of road accidents takes place due to bad condition of road like potholes. Potholes are caused due to poor quality and badly maintained roads. The constant movement of the overweight vehicles like trucks is also responsible for these ill roads. This ill quality roads will cause severe damage to the vehicles in terms of tyre and most important thing is the accidents which are caused due to this. An optimal system should be developed to monitor the road condition and analyses for future work. We propose an innovative method to prevent these hazards by using the advanced sensor system. The sensors will be attached to vehicles and from vehicles, the data is obtained from sensors and the location obtained by the GPS are transferred to road transport authority by IOT where officials take necessary actions. This system consists of sensors like ultrasonic sensor, vibration sensor and accelerometer sensor for detecting pothole and Wi-Fi module and GPS module and Microcontroller used for data collecting and sending that data to IOT platform Using the obtained data, more damaged area can be prioritized and damage control can be reduced.