This document discusses distracted driving in India based on a national survey. It defines distracted driving as any non-driving activity that takes a driver's attention from the road, including using a phone, eating, drinking, or other distractions of a visual, manual, or cognitive nature. Nearly all crashes caused by distracted driving involve a combination of two or three types of distractions. Several major crashes are described where drivers using phones lost control of vehicles and crashed, resulting in multiple deaths.

1. Training Material
Distracted Driving

2. Broad findings- India
BASED ON A NATIONAL SURVEY CONDUCTED BY TNS INDIA PVT. LIMITED (KANTAR PUBLIC INDIA) FOR SAVELIFE FOUNDATION

3. Wikipedia Distracted Driving
Definition
• Driving while engaged in
other activities
• Talking on a cell phone
• Texting
• Eating, drinking
• Watching a video
• Reading
• Anything that requires you
to take one or both hands
off the steering wheel
• Anything that takes your
mind off the driving task at
hand
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4. DISTRACTED DRIVING IS A BIGGER
PROBLEM THAN JUST TEXTING AND CELL-
PHONE USE!
Distracted Driving
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5. Understanding
Distracted Driving
Three types of distractions:
• Visual distractions
• Manual distractions
• Cognitive distractions
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6. Distracted Driving
Visual Distraction
• Anything that shifts a driver’s eyes away from the
road to something unrelated to the primary task of
driving
EXAMPLES: accident scene, looking at street signs
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7. Distracted Driving
Manual Distraction
• Anything that causes a driver to remove one or both
hands from the wheel or other driving controls
EXAMPLES: eating, tuning the radio, programming a
GPS, texting or dialing a cell phone
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8. Distracted Driving
Cognitive Distraction
• Anything that takes a driver’s mind, thoughts or
mental attention away from the task of driving
EXAMPLES: daydreaming, anger, anxiety, fatigue,
pain or worry
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9. Distracted Driving
Nearly all crashes in which distracted driving
is a contributing factor usually involve a
combination of two or all three types of
distractions!
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10. • On July 24th, 2014, twenty children and the driver were killed when their
school bus was rammed by a passenger train at an unmanned level crossing
in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh. The driver of the school bus was
speaking on his mobile phone while the vehicle was crossing the unmanned
level crossing near Masaipet. Source: Deccan Chronicle
• On September 9th, 2016, a bus driver was over speeding and talking on his
mobile phone, when the bus carrying nineteen passengers toppled off a bridge
in Angul, Orissa. All passengers were killed in the crash. Source: Times of
India
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Major incidents of road crashes caused by mobile
phone usage

11. • On October 20th, 2015, fourteen people were killed and seventeen others
were injured after a mini-passenger bus skidded off the road and fell into
gorge at Ramnagar area of Udhampur district of Jammu & Kashmir. The crash
took place when the driver of the vehicle was on his cell phone and lost control
over the vehicle. Source: India Today
• On September 21st, 2013, nine persons were killed and twenty two others
sustained injuries, 10 of them critically, when an overloaded minibus plunged
into around 300 feet deep gorge at Pasana near Arnas in Reasi district of
Jammu & Kashmir. The accident reportedly occurred due to the negligence of
the driver, who was talking on his mobile phone. Source: Daily Excelsior
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Major incidents of road crashes caused by mobile
phone usage

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