This document discusses accidents, defining them as unplanned and unintended events that can cause injury, death, or property damage. It outlines different types of accidents like road traffic, industrial, domestic, and railway accidents. It also examines outcomes of accidents in terms of mortality, morbidity, and disability. Data is presented on global estimates of injury-related deaths by cause and sex, as well as the percentage and number of deaths due to different types of accidents in India. Key facts provided include that accidents are responsible for 9% of deaths worldwide and 16% of disabilities, and are a major cause of death among those aged 10-24, especially from road traffic accidents.

1. ACCIDENTS:
INTRODUCTION
AND PROBLEM
STATEMENT
PRESENTED BY:-
K.AGASYA RAJ
ROLL NO-35

2. DEFINITION
Accident is an unexpected unplanned
occurrence which may involve injury.
OR
Accident is an unpremediated event
resulting in recognizable damage.
OR
Accident is that occurrence in a
sequence of events which usually
produces unintended injury, death or
property damage

3. TYPES OF ACCIDENTS:
ACCIDENTS
ROAD
TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS
INDUSTRIAL
ACCIDENTS
DOMESTIC
ACCIDENTS
RAILWAY
ACCIDENTS
VIOLENCE

4. OUTCOMES OF ACCIDENT
 MORTALITY:
TERM KILLED IN RELATION TO
ACCIDENT MEANS: Any person who was
killed outright or who died within 30 days of
accident.
 MORBIDITY:
DETERMINED IN TERMS OF SERIOUS
INJURIES.
 DISABILITY:
MAY BE TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT,
PARTIAL OR TOTAL.
THESE OUTCOMES CAN BE USED TO MEASURE THE
PROBLEM STATEMENT OF ACCIDENTS.

5. 0
5000
2385 1116
1234
394 FEMALE
MALE
GLOBAL ESTIMATES OF INJURIES RELATED DEATHS BY CAUSE AND
SEX(2008)
0
500
1000
1500
923
172 287
83 215
703
286
80
223
112 91
443

6. 6.4 2.7
90.9
% OF DEATH DUE TO ACCIDENTS IN ALL TYPES OF
DEATHS
UNINTENTIONAL
INTENTIONAL
OTHERS
168301
30748 12319 23281 27558
109815
22415
REPORTED NO. OF DEATHS IN INDIA BY MAIN
CAUSE

7. KEY FACTS
 INJURIES DUE TO ACCIDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR APPROXIMATELY 9% OF ALL CAUSES OF
DEATH IN WORLD AND ABOUT 16% OF
DISABILITIES ARE REPORTED DUE TO INJURIES.
 ACCIDENT IS MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG
PERSONS AGED 10-24 YEARS.
 57% OF MALE DEATHS AND 43% OF FEMALE
DEATHS IN THIS AGE GROUP ARE DUE TO
ACCIDENTS MAINLY RTA.
 RTA CLAIM ABOUT 1.2 MILLION LIVES EVERY YEAR
WHICH MEANS EVERY 2 MINUTES 5 PERSONS DIE
IN WHOLE WORLD.
 IN INDIA ONE ACCIDENT HAPPENS IN 60 SECONDS
WHILE ONE PERSON DIES EVERY 3.7 MINUTES.
 WORLDWIDE 50 MILLION PEOPLE ARE INJURED
DUE TO ACCIDENTS.

8. “PREVENTABLE ACCIDENTS,IF NOT
PREVENTED DUE TO OUR
NEGLIGENCE,IS NOTHING SHORT OF
A MURDER.”
Dr.S.RADHAKRISHNAN