How AI is Revolutionising Road Safety in India

India recorded around 180,000 road-accident deaths in 2024, of which roughly 30,000 involved two-wheelers without helmets. Remarkably, 66% of fatalities were among the 18–34 age group. These figures underscore an urgent national challenge: our roads need smarter, more proactive solutions.

With rising vehicle volumes, complex intersections, mixed traffic types and overburdened enforcement, manual policing alone cannot keep pace. That’s where AI and computer-vision step in — enabling real-time detection, automated evidence capture and data-driven enforcement.

The Case for AI-Driven Traffic Monitoring

Traditional traffic enforcement systems face multiple constraints: limited manpower, insufficient coverage of CCTV feeds, delayed evidence gathering and weak analytics for prevention. Against this backdrop:

• Two-wheelers remain the most vulnerable group. Nearly half of all road fatalities are riders and pillion riders.

• Helmet non-usage remains a large risk-factor — about 30,000 deaths in 2024 alone.

• Young adults (18–34) account for the majority of fatalities — 66% in 2024.

• Infrastructure and enforcement lag behind traffic growth: hotspots remain undetected, response is reactive rather than proactive.

AI and computer vision enable:

• Real-time violation recognition (helmetless two-wheelers, red-light jumping, wrong-side driving, mobile phone usage)

• 24/7 monitoring at scale, across multiple cameras and lanes

• Actionable analytics - hot-spots by time and location, recurring violations, infrastructure-risk zones

• Seamless integration with enforcement workflows: evidence capture (video/image + metadata), challan generation, alerts

The transformation is from reactive enforcement to predictive safety governance.

Prisma AI’s Deployment with MBVV Police: A Real-World Use Case

In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Prisma AI has partnered with the Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar (MBVV) Police to deploy an advanced AI-based Traffic Violation Detection System across key junctions and corridors.

What the deployment offers:

• Automated real-time detection of violations: helmetless riding, red-light jumping, illegal turns, triple-riding, wrong-side driving

• High-definition evidence capture: images and video clips tagged with timestamp, location and vehicle registration

• Integrated enforcement workflow: captured violations feed directly into police systems for challans and follow-up

• Scalable architecture: the system is designed to expand to hundreds of cameras and multiple intersections as traffic grows

Why this matters:

• Enforcement becomes consistent and transparent — reducing human delay or bias

• Authorities gain insight into high-violation zones, peak offence times and repeat offenders

• Public compliance improves when detection is visible, timely and fair

• The model is replicable — other cities and districts can adopt the same scalable solution

This partnership illustrates how Prisma AI is moving beyond proof-of-concept to delivering measurable impact in Indian traffic enforcement.

From Enforcement to Intelligence: The Future of Road-Safety

The future is not just about catching violations — it’s about anticipating risk and preventing accidents before they happen. Key forward-steps include:

• Predictive analytics: Using historical violation & crash data to forecast high-risk areas, times, driver behaviours. Research shows machine-learning techniques are increasingly enabling these predictions

• Smart infrastructure integration: AI engines feeding into city traffic-management centres, CCTV networks, IoT sensors and digital dashboards — so roads, signals and enforcement adapt dynamically.

• Public-private collaboration: Deployments like MBVV show the value of police + tech-provider partnerships. Scaling these collaborations is critical.

• Global commitments & local execution: India is aligned with the Stockholm Declaration on Road Safety (aiming to halve road-deaths by 2030). Achieving this will require data, technology and genuine institutional change.

The Road Ahead with Visual AI

AI is redefining road safety in India by transforming how cities monitor, manage, and enforce traffic laws. The partnership between Prisma AI and the MBVV Police Commissionerate demonstrates how Visual AI can deliver real-time detection, transparent enforcement, and measurable impact.

As cities adopt data-driven policing and smart infrastructure, AI-powered solutions are becoming essential for safer and more efficient mobility. Prisma AI continues to empower authorities with scalable, intelligent technologies that enhance road safety, improve compliance, and build the foundation for smarter, connected cities.