Intelligent Traffic Management System for Ambulances and Pedestrians Using YOLOv8 and Multi-Modal Fusion

Bavithra, K and Angulakshmi, R and Chitrupa, S and Kamaleshvar, K K (2025) Intelligent Traffic Management System for Ambulances and Pedestrians Using YOLOv8 and Multi-Modal Fusion. 2025 Second International Conference on Intelligent Technologies for Sustainable Electric and Communications Systems (iTech SECOM). pp. 1-5.

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Abstract

In developing nations, traffic congestion delays emergency vehicles like ambulances, causing precious time and life-threatening delays. Pedestrian safety is also a principal issue in urban areas with rising population and vehicular concentrations. This paper proposes an intelligent traffic management system integrating vision-based YOLOv8 object detection and audio-based siren detection for real-time ambulance identification and pedestrian crowd density assessment. The system employs YOLOv8 neural networks for ambulance and pedestrian detection, complemented by Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCC) and CNN-based audio processing. A novel adaptive decision fusion framework dynamically integrates multi-modal data based on environmental context. Experimental validation demonstrates 92.3% precision for ambulance detection and 95.1% for pedstr riandetection, with 35% false positive reduction compared to single-modality approaches. Real-world deployment shows 28.3% improvement in emergency response times with 99.2% system availability.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Civil Engineering > Transportation Engineering and Management
Electrical and Electronics Engineering > Automation and Control Systems
Divisions: Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Depositing User: Dr Krishnamurthy V
Date Deposited: 30 Apr 2026 10:42
Last Modified: 30 Apr 2026 10:42
URI: https://ir.psgitech.ac.in/id/eprint/1786

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