RAJEEV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

Project Progress Seminar On
“POTHOLE DETECTION SYSTEM”
Presented By
Jeevika K S 4RA17CS036
Kavya B K 4RA17CS040
Lakshmi G R4RA17CS042
Rakshitha J S 4RA17CS060
Under the Guidance of
Ms. Lokeshwari H S Dr. H N Prakash
Asst Professor HOD
Department of CSE Department of CSE
RIT, Hassan RIT, Hassan
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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. These 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’s obtained from sensors and the location obtained by the GPS
are transferred to road transport authority by IOT where officials take necessary actions. Using the data’s
obtained more damaged area can be prioritized and damage control can be reduced.

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1.Introduction
• Roads here are narrow and congested with poor quality and is not maintained properly.

• This road condition is a boosting factor for traffic congestion and number of road accidents.

• Potholes are formed due to heavy movements of vehicles and heavy rains and water logging.

• According to the survey of “road accidents in India 2015” road accidents increased by 2.5 per cent from
4,89,400 in 2014 to 5.01,423in 2015.

• Over 11,000 people killed by potholes, speed breakers last year.

• To overcome this pathetic condition many technologies have been implemented and integrated with road safety.

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2.Problem Statement:
• Potholes are very harmful road surface conditions that prevent a safe, secure and reliable transportation and
movement of people ,goods and services.

• Road surface obstacles such as potholes affect the safety and comfort of most road users and commuters.

• Bad road networks hamper the smooth movement of goods and services and contribute to the poor growth and
development of the economy whiles good road networks provides access to markets and enable fast and smooth
transportation of goods and services from producers to consumers.

• Early detection and maintance of potholes helps to create a conducive and reliable road network that facilitates the
smooth movement of people, goods and services.

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3.Design
i. System Requirements:
Software Requirements:
 Raspbian OS
 Python
 VNC Viewer
 Ubidory Server

Hardware Requirements:
 Raspberry Pi 0
 Vibration Sensor
 GPS
 Ultrasonic Sensor
 Accelerometer Sensor
 Cloud web Sensor
 DC motor
 L2930
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ii. System Design:

Fig3.1:Flow chart
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Fig 3.2: Block Diagram

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iii. Methodology:
• In the proposed system, advanced sensor system is used to track and update the potholes on the road.

• UV sensor is used to find the difference between the pothole and speed bumps.

• Accelerometer is a vector quality which defines the direction in which it is occurring.

• The sensor will detect the unusual changes the vehicle. They are determined by three parameter xyz.

• Along with this a vibration sensor is used which also finds the potholes if the vehicle is vibrated more than
the threshold level. The threshold level is fixed beforehand.

• Both these sensor values are fed to the Raspberry Pi and the GPS sensor updates the coordinates where
exactly the potholes are present.

• This data is sent into the web server through IOT for the Road transport officials to take necessary action.

• Using the information road condition is predicted and prioritization is done to take the necessary steps.

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4.References:
1. S. Gnanapriya, V.B. Padmashree, V. Bagyalakshmi and G.A. Pravallikha-”IOT Based Pothole Detection And
Notification System”. American-Eurasian Journal of Scientific Research 12 (3)PP: 172-179,Issue: 2017.

2. 1.Shubham Ingole, 2.Pragati Alone, 3.Krushna Kapase, 4.Manjushri Mahajan “Pothole Detection System for
Monitoring Road Using IoT” .Volume 5, PP:241-243,Issue 12,December -2018 .

3. Swetha K1, Punithgowda KM2, Lalithesh D3, B Deepak Sharan4, Shivuprasad UJ5. “ Automatic Detection
and Notification of Potholes and Humps on Roads using IoT” ,Volume: 07,PP:1828-1833, Issue: 06 June
2020, website: www.irjet.net .

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