A new smartphone app that will help guide motorists that have been involved in an accident has been recognised for its innovation. It also has the potential to save millions of pounds in fraudulent insurance claims.
The Accident Assessor app has won the UK leg of the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2011, hosted by GRACE (the GNSS Research and Applications Centre of Excellence) at The University of Nottingham.
Developed by Nottingham-based company InstantVue, the app gives motorists calming messages, provides advice for staying safe at the scene of an accident and guides them through a step-by-step process of collecting the information they need to provide to their insurance company .
Mark Habgood, CEO at InstantVue, said: "Anyone who has ever been involved in one of the 700,000 accidents that occur on the UK’s road every year will know exactly how stressful it can be. Our aim is to reduce the amount of anxiety associated with the experience, not just for the motorist at the roadside but throughout the whole claim process.
New app to help motorists involved in a car accident
Tue, 25 Oct 2011
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