IMPACT OF ROAD SAFETY
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The video is based on traffic rules and regulation, which are commonly violated by the peoples in the society. we tried to show some common traffic damages which are caused by the public and solution for the betterment of the society. we are the students of Pondicherry university, created a social awareness video on impact of road safety. Before going out on the vehicle please wear helmet and mask. CSW-4 project MBA-1 Semester. Thank you.
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- 1. IMPACT OF ROAD SAFETY CSW-4th Assignment MBA-1ST Year PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY
- 2. The students are: 1. Guhan.S 2. Mugesh.M 3. Sakthi.P 4. Amudhan.A 5. Sakthi Sai Vignesh.S 6. Emimal.M 7. Vasundara.K 8. Srividhya.K
- 3. What is an Accident ? An accident is an unintended, normally unwanted event that was not directly caused by humans. The term accident implies that nobody should be blamed, but the event may have been caused by unrecognized or unaddressed risks.
- 4. Traffic collisions in India Road accidents in India 2021 • Traffic collision in India are a Major source of deaths, injuries and property damage every year. • The number of fatal road accidents also increased from 347 in 2020 to 389 in 2021, a jump of 10%. • While fatal road accidents killed 375 people in 2020, some 409 people died last year. • The comparison of the proportion of fatal accidents to overall accidents also highlights an increase in the fatality ratio.
- 5. (i) human error (ii) road environment and (iii) vehicular condition. • Under the category of Traffic Rule Violations, over speeding is a major killer, accounting for 67.3% of the persons killed followed by driving on the wrong side of the road which accounted for 6.1% of the accident related deaths. Use of mobile phones accounted for 3.3% of the deaths with drunken driving accounting for 3.5% of the persons killed. Further the numbers of persons killed for these reasons in 2019 were much higher than in 2018 suggesting need for improved enforcement of MVA 2019. • Driving without valid license/learners license accounts for 15% of accidents. • About 30% of deaths can be attributed to non use of helmets and 14% of deaths can be attributed to non use of seat belts. • Vehicles more than 10 years accounted for 41% of accident related deaths. • Overloaded vehicles accounted for about 10% deaths. Road accidents are multi-causal and are often the result of an interplay of various factors.
- 6. Accidents due to not wearing Helmet In all, 2,359 people were killed in road accidents in the city in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Of the 1,348 people astride two-wheelers killed in road accidents in the city between 2018 and 2020, as many as 377 or 27%, including riders and pillion riders, were not wearing helmets, shows data.
- 7. Given the threat posed by helmetless riding, traffic police’s focus is majorly on this class of offenders. In eight months this year, traffic cops have booked over 38 lakh cases for helmetless riding (24 lakh riders and 14 lakh pillion riders). Helmetless riders make the largest segment of traffic offenders. Similarly, 86,565 cases were booked against drivers and riders for using mobile phones while driving.
- 8. Accident due to Drunk & Driving Drunk driving led to 8,355 road accidents, while driving on the wrong side caused 20,228 mishaps during the calendar year 2020, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said a total of 3,66,138 road accidents occurred in India during 2020. A total of 62,738 accidents occurred due to other reasons. Gadkari said challans issued for drunken driving in 2021 and 2020 stood at 48,144 and 56,204, respectively.
- 9. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) collected toll fees amounting to 227,744 crore in 2020-21. The collection stands at 324.989 crore from April up to December last year. Drunk driving and wrong-side driving have led to more road accidents in India in 2020 than any other. According to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, the first year of the pandemic saw a sharp drop in number of road mishaps. In 2020, as many as 56,204 challans were issued to people found driving under the influence of alcohol. The number of such cases is much less in 2021 when only 48,144 challans were issued for similar violation. Uttar Pradesh was the leading state last year as far as collecting fines from traffic violations are concerned. The state collected 3447 crore as penalties, followed by Haryana with *326 crore, Rajasthan with 2267 crore and Bihar with 2258 crore.
- 10. Accident due to not wearing seatbelt Analysis of data showed that the high probability ‘a priori’ of serious and fatal injury, 12.92%, happens when the driver does not use the seat belt. In addition to “seat belt”, the variables that are directly connected with the driver injury severity are “distraction” and “road type” which have a priori probability of risk of 7.04% and 5.53% respectively. As with “age”, drivers under 25 and over 60 who do not use seat belts are more likely to sustain fatal or serious injury in a traffic accident. While driver between 41 and 60 have higher risk of fatality or serious injury compared to other age groups.
- 11. Among the 2,505 respondents across metros, Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities, it was found that 78 per cent of those in Tier 2 cities did not wear seat belts. According the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, in 2019-20, 1.5 lakh people died in road accidents. SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle) drivers were the worst defaulters when it came to not wearing seat belts, with 77 per cent of them shunning the safety strap. Luxury car drivers were more conscious about wearing seat belts, with the highest compliance at 59 per cent non-usage.
- 12. Accident due to speaking while driving The numbers illustrating the dangers of cell phone use while driving are downright startling. In fact, at any given time throughout the day, approximately 660,000 drivers are attempting to use their phones while behind the wheel of an automobile. The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year. 1 out of every 4 car accidents in the globe is caused by texting and driving. 21 percent of teen drivers involved in fatal accidents were distracted by their cell phones. Teen drivers are 4x more likely than adults to get into car crashes or near-crashes when talking or texting on a cell phone.
- 13. The survey which conducted total 1,561 interviews in six metro cities – Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad- in the second half of 2020, also found that Kolkata and Chennai had the most ideal road users among the six. The survey also found a lack of knowledge about traffic rules with less than a third -- 27 per cent scoring over 40 per cent and an abysmally low 6 per cent of them getting more than 50 per cent answers right in a 31-question simulation of traffic rules. However, only one in 10 respondents attributed the lack of knowledge about traffic rules as a potential risk to road safety, it added.
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