- The 2-days Orientation and Training programme on iRAD App was conducted by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways for the selected districts of Karnataka, and for some districts of Uttar Pradesh.
- Based on the feedback and other suggestions received, the App will be customised for the State.
- The basic iRAD app has been developed and will be customized/integrated as per the requirements of concerned States/UTs.
- Mobile app of iRAD is available for Android platform, and for other platforms like iOS will be available shortly.
- The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways is in the process of implementing ‘Integrated Road Accident Database Project (iRAD)’ which will be applicable across the country.
- In the first instance, it has been decided to implement the proposal in six States, viz. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
- The development and implementation of iRAD has been entrusted to lIT Madras and National Informatics Centre Services Inc.
- The App when developed and functional, will enable the stakeholders such as the Police, Transport, Health, etc to use their mobile phones to collect accident data on the spot.
- This project is proposed on IT based system for capturing the spot accident data using mobile app configured for this purpose.
- This data can then be utilized for various purposes like
- finding the causes of the accidents and remedial measures to improve the road infrastructure,
- To record the accidents data for the use of police, health services and other concerned departments.
