Method and system for accident detection using contextual data

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program code that is executable by a processor of a mobile device for causing the mobile device to:

• receive electronic signals from a plurality of sensors of the mobile device, wherein the electronic signals indicate driving data collected over a plurality of time intervals during a trip in a vehicle;
• determine additional data associated with the trip that corresponds to at least one time interval of the plurality of time intervals from the driving data;
• detect a driving event using the driving data or the additional data;
• based on detecting the driving event, display a graphical user interface with instructions prompting a user to provide claim data associated with the driving event;
• receive the claim data from the user as input via the graphical user interface;
• and
• transmit the claim data to a remote server system.

A system comprising:

• a vehicle;
• and
• a mobile phone disposed within the vehicle, the mobile phone including:
• a sensor arrangement configured to measure mobile phone movements, the mobile phone movements being usable as a proxy for vehicle movements when the mobile phone is disposed within the vehicle, the sensor arrangement including:
• an accelerometer configured to generate acceleration data;
• and
• a global positioning system (GPS) unit configured to generate location data;
• a display;
• a memory storing a set of instructions;
• and
• a processor coupled to the sensor arrangement, the display, and the memory, the processor being configured to execute the set of instructions to:
• receive electronic signals from the sensor arrangement of the mobile phone, wherein the electronic signals indicate the acceleration data and the location data associated with the vehicle during a trip;
• detect a driving event based on the acceleration data and the location data;
• based on detecting the driving event, generate an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) for output on the display, wherein the GUI includes a graphical prompt for a user of the mobile phone to provide claim data associated with the driving event;
• receive, via a graphical input element of the GUI, the claim data from the user;
• and
• transmit the claim data via one or more networks to a remote server system that is external to the vehicle.