LETS Talk about ..... Road Accident Management:-
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INDIA NEEDS ON URGENT BASIS
400 deaths a day are forcing India to.............. *******************************************************************************
GLOBALLY ACCIDENTS:-*******************************************************************************
Every hour, 40 people under the age of 25 die in road accidents around the globe.
In 2013, 5.4 Crrore people sustained injuries from traffic collisions. This resulted in 14 lacs deaths in 2013, up from 11 lacs deaths in 1990. About 68,000 of these occurred in children less than five years old.
Middle-income countries have the highest rate with 20 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, 80% of all road fatalities by only 52% of all vehicles.
While the death rate in Africa is the highest (24.1 per 100,000 inhabitants), the lowest rate is to be found in Europe (10.3 per 100,000 inhabitants).
INTRODUCTION:- ROAD ACCIDENTS IN INDIA*******************************************************************************
In Every 10 minutes we have 9 accidents and 3 people gets killed.(2015 data)
Means per minute one Accident and one person is getting killed every 3 minutes.
On an Average 5 lacs Road Accidents are taking place in india since 2005
Everyday 400 people are getting killed in Road accidents.
More than four people died daily on Delhi roads and more than three in Chennai.
India With over 130,000 deaths annually, the country has overtaken China and now has the worst road traffic accident rate worldwide. Source:- (World Health Organization (WHO) in its first ever Global Status Report on Road Safety.)
MAJOR PROBLEM:-*******************************************************************************
1. World Health Organisation rates India's enforcement as 3 out of 10 on speed limits, 4 out of 10 on wearing motorcycle helmet, 4 out of 10 on drunk-driving and 4 out of 10 on wearing seat belts.
2. Although national highways account for only 1.51 per cent of India's road length, they accounted for 28 per cent of road accidents and 33 per cent of road-mishap deaths nationwide in 2015.
3. State highways, three per cent of India's road length, contributed to 25 per cent of road accidents and 28 per cent of deaths due to road mishaps.
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REASONS:-*******************************************************************************
4. Over-speeding was responsible for 41 % of deaths
5. Careless or dangerous driving claimed 32 % of death
6. Poor weather ( 4 % )
7. Mechanical defects in motor vehicles ( 3%)
8. Talking on mobile phone caused 4,976 road accidents and 2,138 deaths
9. Increase in road length has failed to keep pace with the number of registered motor vehicles, vehicle registration has gone up by 10% during 2005-2015, road length during the same period increased only 3.75%.
10. Motor vehicle amendment bill:- The amendments, proposed in 2010, is yet to see the light of the day.
cities with a large population saw majority of accidents. The report said that 50 cities with million-plus populations accounted for 18.7 per cent of all road accidents and 11.8 per cent of all accidents deaths
11. The report also found that newest vehicles featured in most of the accidents. Vehicles with usage age of 0-5 years featured in 40.3 per cent of the accidents, while those of 5-10 usage years featured in 32.7 per cent of accidents.
In terms of deaths caused by speed bumps and potholes, the report said that just below 10,000 road accidents were caused by speed breakers, which led to death of 3,396 people. The potholes were held responsible for at least 6,424 road accidents out of which 2,324 proved to be fatal, the report said.
12. States accounted for 84 per cent of the total persons killed in road accidents during 2016. These are UP, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, MP, AP, Gujarat, Telangana, West Bengal, Punjab, Haryana and Bihar.
13. About 37 per cent of total accidents took place on traffic junctions with 72.9 percent on uncontrolled ones, underscoring the importance of traffic control mechanism at junctions. Potholes accounted for 6,424 Road Accidents & 2,324 fatalities. 9,583 accidents & 3,396 accident deaths were attributed to speed breakers.
14. Among the vehicle categories, two wheelers accounted for the highest share in total number of road accidents (33.8 per cent), followed by cars, jeeps and taxis (23.6 per cent), trucks, tempos, tractors and other articulated vehicles (21.0 per cent), Buses (7.8 per cent), Auto-Rickshaws (6.5 per cent) and other motor vehicles (2.8 per cent).
15. Based on the data reported by Police, drivers’ fault is single most important factor responsible for road accidents (84 per cent), killings (80.3 per cent) and injuries (83.9) on all roads in the country during 2016
Overloaded vehicles caused 61,325 (12.8 per cent) road accidents and 21,302 (14.1 per cent) deaths in 2016.
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RESPONCIBLE FACTORS FOR ACCIDENTS:-*******************************************************************************
16. Speeding, drunk driving and low use of helmets, seat belts and child restraints in vehicles as the main contributing factors.
17. VEHICLE TYPE:- Trucks and two-wheelers were responsible for over 40 per cent of deaths
18. Most Dangerous time:- Peak traffic during the afternoon and evening rush hours
19. 99 per cent of the accidents, the fatal accidents that occur outside the cities are due to drunken driving
20. The share of two-wheelers in total road accidents was 33.8 percent in 2016.
21. Number of two-wheeler accident deaths stands at 52,500.
Of this, in 10,135 cases the victims did not wear helmets.
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22. Top 13 states, including Uttar Pradesh (19,320), Tamil Nadu (17,218) and Maharashtra (12,935) account for nearly 84% road accident deaths in India
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23. The maximum number of road accidents — 1.9 lakh — occurred on two-lane roads.
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GOVERMENT:-*******************************************************************************
24. Inefficient law enforcement
lack of concern on the part of state governments and police
Reporting Accidents/ Crimes
Many cases are not even reported.
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Top 10 states in India for Road Accident*******************************************************************************
TamilNadu,MP,Karnataka,Maharashtra,Kerala,Uttar Pradesh,AP,Rajasthan,Telangana,Gujaraat
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Top 10 states in India for Road Accident (No of persons Killed)*******************************************************************************
UP,TamilNadu,MH,Karnataka,Rajasthan,MP,AP,Gujarat,Telangana,WB
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Category Wise persons killed*******************************************************************************
Two Wheelers, CARS, Trucks, Pedestrian, other 4-W motor, buses, Auto-Rickshaw
Chennai witnessed the maximum road accidents during the year - 7,486. It was followed by Delhi with 7,375, Bengaluru 5,323, Indore 5,143 and Kolkata 4,104.
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Top 10 Cities with the highest number of Road Crash Deaths (Rank –Wise):*******************************************************************************
Delhi (City), Chennai, Jaipur, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Kanpur, Lucknow, Agra, Hyderabad, Pune
The accident severity, which is measured as the number of persons killed per 100 accidents, was recorded at 29.1 in 2015 which is lower than 31.4 in 2016.
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Financial Loss:-*******************************************************************************
According to a World Bank estimate, road accidents cost India about 3% of its gross domestic product every year.
The road transport sector contributes to 4.8 per cent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP), but India loses 1-3 per cent of GDP due to road accidents
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STATISTICS*******************************************************************************
more than 400 people lost their lives daily on road
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YEAR 2016 STASTICS*******************************************************************************
A total of 5 Lacs road accidents took place in India
loss of 1.5 lacs lives
Serious injuries on 4.9 lacs persons.
47% percent killed in road accidents were young, between the age group of 18-35 years.
Major Factor Responsible:- Drivers' fault (84%), killings (80.3 %) and injuries (83.9 %)
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SOLUTION ON ROAD ACCIDENTS:-*******************************************************************************
There has to be a change in drivers' mindsets.
country comes up with a new method of checking drunkenness on the highways,
Campaign Against Drunken Driving
national council for Road Safety is required. (specific body on road safety)
Imposing Hefty Financial penalties for traffic violations.
Use of road engineering measures to enhance safety
Improved vehicle safety standards,
Education and awareness for drivers and general public,
Enforcement of road safety laws
Post-crash response and trauma care facilities.
Identified and rectified many accident black spots.
Taking Help of IIT , IIM Research Institutes and Universities to provide solutions on Road accidents.
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SOURCE:*******************************************************************************
National Crime Records Bureau or NCRB.
(Union road transport and highways ministry.) Transport Research Wing
Source:- (World Health Organization (WHO) in its first ever Global Status Report on Road Safety.)
