5. What is accident?
🠶 An unexpected, unplanned occurrence that may involve injury.
🠶 Unpremeditated event resulting in recognizable damage
🠶 Occurrence in a sequence of events,which usually produces unintended
6. Classification of Accidents
🠶 Accidents can be classified as head-on collisions, rear-end collisions, or side-impact
accidents.
🠶 Head-on collisions often happen when someone travels the wrong way down a one-way
street or an exit ramp, or when they cross the median on a highway.
🠶 Road trafficAccidents
🠶 IndustrialAccidents
🠶 AircraftAccidents
7. Do’s for avoid road accident-
Drive in the prescribed speed limits on the various
roads.Always remember that “Speed thrills but
kills”. Always put on helmets, seat belts and other
safety equipments before driving a bicycle/ motor
cycle/vehicle.
8. Don'ts about Road Accident-
🠶Don't use dazzling headlights in your vehicle
🠶Do not overtake without taking pass from the
vehicle in front. Never overtake an overtaking
vehicle.
9. Measurement of Problems
1.Mortality
🠶 There were 1.35 million road traffic deaths globally in 2016, with millions more sustaining serious injuries
and living with long-term adverse health consequences. Globally, road traffic crashes are a leading cause of
death among young people, and the main cause of death among those aged 15–29 years. Road traffic injuries
are currently estimated to be the 8th leading cause of death across all age groups globally, and are predicted
to become the seventh leading cause of death by 2030.
🠶 "Road traffic injuries can be prevented. Governments need to take action to address road safety in a holistic
manner. This requires involvement from multiple sectors such as transport, police, health, education, and
actions that address the safety of roads, vehicles, and road users."
11. Road Accident: A Snapshot
🠶 The United Nations GeneralAssembly has set an ambitious target of halving the global
number of deaths and injuries from road traffic crashes by 2030 (A/RES/74/299).
🠶 Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death for children and young adults aged 5-29
years.
🠶 Approximately 1.3 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes.
🠶 More than half of all road traffic deaths are among vulnerable road users: pedestrians,
cyclists, and motorcyclists.
🠶 93% of the world's fatalities on the roads occur in low- and middle-income countries, even
though these countries have approximately 60% of the world's vehicles.
🠶 Road traffic crashes cost most countries 3% of their gross domestic product.
12. Risk Factors
🠶 Driver error contributes to 94 percent of traffic accidents, according to a
National Highway T
raffic Safety Administration (NHT
SA) report.
🠶 Speeding. Speeding remains a leading cause of road traffic accidents.
🠶 Distracted Driving. One of the top causes of car accidents can be blamed
on distracted driving.
🠶 Running Red Lights and Stop Signs.
13.
14. Reason of Accidents
🠶 Over Speeding.
🠶 Drunken Driving.
🠶 Distractions to Driver.
🠶 Red Light Jumping.
🠶 Avoiding Safety Gears like Seat belts and Helmets.
🠶 Non-adherence to lane driving and overtaking in a wrong manner.
15.
16. Prevention
🠶 Data collection
🠶 Safety education
🠶 Promotion of safety measures
🠶 Alcohol and other drugs
🠶 Primary care
🠶 Elimination of causative factors
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18. 🠶How does the injured employee feel now?
🠶Who was injured?
🠶What were the causal factors of the accident?
🠶When did the accident occur?
🠶Why was the person injured?
Give Answers-
