An analysis, design and precautionary measure for mobile phone accidents while driving and cost-effective fatalities

Usage of cell phone is increasing worldwide in recent years, with more than 652 million Subscribers in India one step behind China as of July 2010 [17]. At the same time if we consider the risk associated with usage of mobile phone while driving, India is way ahead of china. According to World Health Organization (WHO) in its first ever Global Status Report on Road Safety says, India has recorded maximum number of road accidents in the planet [16]. According to Indian National Crime Records Bureau at least 14 people dies every hour in road accidents. Various Statistics also reveal that a large portion of road accidents in India is caused due to mobile phone usage while driving. Although various measures and rules placed on mobile phone usage, still it´s highly impractical to prevent this type of events. In order to overcome this serious issue, we developed an application which helps in reducing the number of mobile accident considerably and we further extend our research, by comparing the obtained results after installing this application with recent study of US National Safety Council, conducted on 2010 and we also shown how far this application helps in reducing economic losses in India.