Automatic crash detection

A method, comprising:

• at a mobile computing device comprising an accelerometer configured to measure acceleration of at least one axis of the accelerometer, communication circuitry configured to wirelessly communicate with other devices, a processor, and memory:
• receiving, by the processor, from the accelerometer of the mobile computing device, one or more acceleration measurements measured by the accelerometer of the mobile computing device during a first time window;
• based on the one or more acceleration measurements received from the accelerometer of the mobile computing device, determining, by the processor, whether a vehicle associated with the mobile computing device was involved in a crash;
• corroborating, by the processor and based on comparing a threshold distance to a distance the vehicle traveled during one or more additional time windows after the first time window, whether the vehicle associated with the mobile computing device was involved in a crash;
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• based on corroborating whether the vehicle associated with the mobile computing device was involved in a crash, storing, by the processor, data indicative of whether the vehicle associated with the mobile computing device was involved in a crash.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by a mobile computing device comprising an accelerometer configured to measure acceleration of at least one axis of the accelerometer, communication circuitry configured to wirelessly communicate with other devices, a processor, and memory, cause the mobile computing device to:

• receive, from the accelerometer of the mobile computing device, one or more acceleration measurements measured by the accelerometer of the mobile computing device during a first time window;
• based on the one or more acceleration measurements received from the accelerometer of the mobile computing device, determine whether a vehicle associated with the mobile computing device was involved in a crash;
• corroborate, based on comparing a threshold distance to a distance the vehicle traveled during one or more additional time windows after the first time window, whether the vehicle associated with the mobile computing device was involved in a crash;
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• based on corroborating whether the vehicle associated with the mobile computing device was involved in a crash, store data indicative of whether the vehicle associated with the mobile computing device was involved in a crash.