Via Appia - ICT, apps and smart dispatching for improved traffic safety, reduced injuries and mortality
Research Project, 2015
Objective and Goal: At a traffic accident, the correct rescue resources shall be dispatched quickly. Via Appia is a concept for how an increasing proportion of accident alarms can be handled and prioritized, smartphones increase road safety, and new services with alarm functionality packaged. The project studies technical, business and research pre-requisites, as well as opportunities for sustainable improvements in road safety. The goal is reduced number of deaths and injuries, as well as social costs, as a result of road accidents as well as new opportunities for innovative business development.
Participants
Bengt-Arne Sjöqvist (contact)
Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Signal Processing and Biomedical Engineering
Collaborations
If Insurance
Stockholm, Sweden
irezQ
Åkarp, Sweden
Posifon
Göteborg, Sweden
SOS Alarm
Stockholm, Sweden
Volvo Group
Gothenburg, Sweden
Funding
VINNOVA
Project ID: 2014-04265
Funding Chalmers participation during 2015