National Road Safety Hackathon 2026 • IIT Madras
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RoadSoS

Location-Based Emergency Services Locator

for Road Accidents in India

🏫 IIT Madras🏆 Hackathon 2026🚑 RoadSoS

"Every minute matters in the Golden Hour"

THE CRISIS

India's Road Safety Emergency

461,312
Road accidents annually
168,491
Fatalities per year
18.5
Deaths every HOUR
50%
Die in Golden Hour

Why victims die:

❌ Don't know WHERE nearest hospital is
❌ Don't know WHICH number to call
❌ Fear legal consequences of helping
❌ No service info on highways
OUR SOLUTION

What RoadSoS Does

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Hospital Finder
Nearest trauma centres with distance, phone & address.
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Ambulance Access
Direct dial 108/112 + private ambulance services.
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Police Stations
Nearest stations for FIR and traffic assistance.
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Vehicle Rescue
Towing and repair services nearby.
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Interactive Map
Visual display of ALL services, color-coded markers.
⚖️
Legal Awareness
Good Samaritan Law §134A — you're PROTECTED.

One search → All help → Under 5 seconds ⚡

ARCHITECTURE

Technology & Design

👤 User (Mobile / Desktop)
↓
🎨 Gradio UI
Search | Report | Numbers | First Aid
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⚙️ Python Backend
Geocoding • Service Finder • Map Gen • DB
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🌍 Overpass API
Live OSM Data
💾 SQLite
Incident Log

Key Design Decisions

  • ✅ No paid APIs — fully open-source
  • ✅ Works without GPS — text input OK
  • ✅ Mobile-responsive design
  • ✅ < 3 second response time
  • ✅ 21 Indian states covered
  • ✅ Offline fallback database
PythonGradioFoliumLeaflet.jsSQLiteOSM
LIVE RESULTS

Demo & Performance

LocationServices FoundResponse TimeTypes
IIT Madras, Chennai602.3s🏥👮🚒💊🔧
MG Road, Bangalore501.8s🏥👮🚒💊🔧
Connaught Place, Delhi452.1s🏥👮💊🔧
NH44 Highway253.1s🏥👮🔧
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Search
Text or GPS → instant results
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Report
Severity-based action steps
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First Aid
7 injury types covered
FUTURE VISION

Impact & Scalability

1,685 lives
saved annually (1% Golden Hour improvement)
₹4,200 Cr
economic value saved (MoRTH estimate)

Government Alignment:

MV Act 2019 §134A
Road Safety Policy 2017
Golden Hour Scheme
NHAI Corridors

Scalability Roadmap

Phase 1 — Now ✅
Web tool: search, report, first aid
Phase 2 — 3 months
Mobile app + SMS fallback
Phase 3 — 6 months
108/112 dispatch integration
Phase 4 — 9 months
AI severity assessment from photos
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Thank You

RoadSoS — "Saving lives, one search at a time"

"India loses one life to road accidents every 3 minutes.
RoadSoS ensures help is always just one search away."
✅ Source Code✅ Documentation✅ Database✅ Presentation

National Road Safety Hackathon 2026 | IIT Madras

Topic: RoadSoS • Centre of Excellence in Road Safety (CoERS)

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