IoT-Powered Flexible Road Dividers for Accident Impact Reduction

Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska 2025, vol. 27, pp. 135-151

Deepti Khurge¹ , Prachi Palsodkar² , Prasanna Palsodkar² , Abdullah Faiz Al Asmari³,
Tinku Biswas⁴, Khalid Ansari² This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Dhiraj Agrawal², Ahmed M. Abdulhadi⁵, Saiful Islam³

	1. Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering, India 2. Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, India 3. King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia 4. DLF Ltd, India 5. Al-Safwa University College, Iraq
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	https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2025.012

In road safety, accidents involving collisions with road dividers often result in severe injuries and fatalities. To mitigate the impact of such accidents, this study focuses on designing and testing flexible road dividers to reduce collision severity and real-time alerting through IoT Integration. A novel flexible road divider incorporates advanced materials like expanded polystyrene separators and barriers (EPS), and specific engineering principles like design, shape, and flexibility make dividers capable of absorbing and dissipating kinetic energy after impact. The system is engineered to be durable, resilient, and cost-effective, making it a viable solution for enhancing road safety in the Indian transportation system. Detailed measurements of forces, deformation, and energy absorption are recorded to quantify the system's effectiveness in reducing the severity of accidents. The findings of this research have implications for road design and infrastructure and offer valuable insights into the development of safer transportation systems with a real-time collision alert mechanism using vibration sensors. Ultimately, adopting flexible road dividers with enhanced impact-reducing properties could represent a significant step forward in safeguarding the lives of road users and reducing the economic burden associated with road accidents. The new prototype discussed in this is anticipated to enhance the energy-absorbing capacity of concrete barriers and lessen the effect of cars beside concrete barriers – a unit weight of 1650 kg/m³.

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AMA Style
Khurge D, Palsodkar P, Palsodkar P, Asmari A, Biswas T, Ansari K, Agrawal D, Abdulhadi A, Islam S. IoT-Powered Flexible Road Dividers for Accident Impact Reduction. Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska. 2025; 27. https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2025.012

ACM Style
Khurge, D., Palsodkar, P., Palsodkar, P., Asmari, A., Biswas, T., Ansari, K., Agrawal, D., Abdulhadi, A., Islam, S. 2025. IoT-Powered Flexible Road Dividers for Accident Impact Reduction. Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska. 27. DOI:https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2025.012

ACS Style
Khurge, D.; Palsodkar, P.; Palsodkar, P.; Asmari, A.; Biswas, T.; Ansari, K.; Agrawal, D.; Abdulhadi, A.; Islam, S. IoT-Powered Flexible Road Dividers for Accident Impact Reduction Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska 2025, 27, 135-151. https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2025.012

APA Style
Khurge, D., Palsodkar, P., Palsodkar, P., Asmari, A., Biswas, T., Ansari, K., Agrawal, D., Abdulhadi, A., Islam, S. (2025). IoT-Powered Flexible Road Dividers for Accident Impact Reduction. Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska, 27, 135-151. https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2025.012

ABNT Style
KHURGE, D.; PALSODKAR, P.; PALSODKAR, P.; ASMARI, A.; BISWAS, T.; ANSARI, K.; AGRAWAL, D.; ABDULHADI, A.; ISLAM, S. IoT-Powered Flexible Road Dividers for Accident Impact Reduction. Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska, v. 27, p. 135-151, 2025. https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2025.012

Chicago Style
Khurge, Deepti, Palsodkar, Prachi, Palsodkar, Prasanna, Asmari, Abdullah, Biswas, Tinku, Ansari, Khalid, Agrawal, Dhiraj, Abdulhadi, Ahmed, Islam, Saiful. 2025. "IoT-Powered Flexible Road Dividers for Accident Impact Reduction". Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska 27, 135-151. https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2025.012

Harvard Style
Khurge, D., Palsodkar, P., Palsodkar, P., Asmari, A., Biswas, T., Ansari, K., Agrawal, D., Abdulhadi, A., Islam, S. (2025) "IoT-Powered Flexible Road Dividers for Accident Impact Reduction", Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska, 27, pp. 135-151. doi:https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2025.012

IEEE Style
D. Khurge, P. Palsodkar, P. Palsodkar, A. Asmari, T. Biswas, K. Ansari, D. Agrawal, A. Abdulhadi, S. Islam, "IoT-Powered Flexible Road Dividers for Accident Impact Reduction", RoczOchrSrod, vol 27, pp. 135-151. https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2025.012