Accident prone location notification system and method

摘要

A method includes maintaining vehicle accident occurrence information, wherein the vehicle accident occurrence information includes accident location information, accident occurrence date information, and accident occurrence time information and identifying, based at least in part on the accident location information, one or more accident-prone locations. When a vehicle enters an area comprising one of the accident-prone locations, a notification is made that the vehicle has entered the area comprising one of the accident-prone locations. In addition, in response to a query, a visual representation of one of the accident-prone locations is displayed, along with accident occurrence date information and accident occurrence time information associated with the accident-prone location.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
maintaining vehicle accident occurrence information, wherein the accident occurrence information comprises accident location information; identifying, based at least in part on the accident location information, one or more accident-prone locations; and when a vehicle enters an area comprising one of the accident-prone locations, providing a visual indicator and an audible indicator on a GPS enabled device that the vehicle has entered the area comprising one of the accident-prone locations, when the vehicle exits the area comprising one of the accident-prone locations, providing the visual indicator and the audible indicator on the GPS enabled device that the vehicle has exited the area comprising one of the accident-prone locations,
the visual indicator being superimposed on a map; the GPS enabled device being separate from and not connected, either physically or electronically, to the vehicle; and the GPS enabled device displaying accident occurrence date information, accident occurrence time information, a number of vehicles involved in the accident, a direction of travel of a vehicle involved in the accident, an age of a driver involved in the accident, weather conditions at the time of the accident, speed of vehicles involved in the accident, and injuries or fatalities sustained as a result of the accident, associated with the one of the accident-prone locations.