 Car accidents are really very scary to see or hear and even
more scary to experience.
 Unfortunate we do this riskiest stunt almost every day.
 As per National Highway Traffic Administration, few of most
common reasons for road accidents are:
o Distracted Driving
o Bad Weather Conditions
o Drunk and Driving
o Due to Extreme Tiredness
o Driving at a Speed that is Greater than Legal Limit
 Distracted Driving: (Samples of activity while driving)
 Bad Weather Conditions: (Sample Conditions)
 Drunk and Driving: (Sample Accidents)
 Due to Extreme Tiredness: (Sample Situations)
 Driving at High Speed: (Sample Accidents)
 As per NHTA data every year 5.25 million accidents take
place.
 Huge number of deaths take place due to road
accidents, approx of 40,000 per year.
 Every year millions of people suffer with major or small
injuries due to road accidents.
 Every year number of road accidents are increasing, as per
some survey done by an organization about 50 million
people got injured and 1.2 million car accident deaths
happened world wide in 2004.
 As per NHTA, car accidents happen every minute of the day.
 As per the figures accidents can’t be stop 100% atlest can be
reduced.
 Some measures which could reduce the number of accidents.
◦ Wearing Seat Belt
◦ No cell pone, eating junk while driving
◦ Following traffic rules
 As per NHTA between 3 o'clock to 9 o'clock is peck time for
accidents.
 Highest % between 6 o'clock to 9 o'clock, because of back to
home time.
 From 9 o'clock and midnight 53% of accidents happen under
alcohol influence.
 From 12am to 7am accidents happen under alcohol
influence becomes more worse where the percentage
increases to 71%.
 Many measures taken by governments in order to altest
reduce the accidents number but unfortunately number is
increasing year by year.
 Now should we plan our drive avoiding the above timings
 No, avoiding these timings is not a solution.
 Increasing the awareness about following traffic
rules, being alert while driving could make our roads more
safe to drive.

Some Reasons Why Road Accidents Happen - Driver Safety Material

  • 2.
     Car accidentsare really very scary to see or hear and even more scary to experience.  Unfortunate we do this riskiest stunt almost every day.  As per National Highway Traffic Administration, few of most common reasons for road accidents are: o Distracted Driving o Bad Weather Conditions o Drunk and Driving o Due to Extreme Tiredness o Driving at a Speed that is Greater than Legal Limit
  • 3.
     Distracted Driving:(Samples of activity while driving)
  • 4.
     Bad WeatherConditions: (Sample Conditions)
  • 5.
     Drunk andDriving: (Sample Accidents)
  • 6.
     Due toExtreme Tiredness: (Sample Situations)
  • 7.
     Driving atHigh Speed: (Sample Accidents)
  • 8.
     As perNHTA data every year 5.25 million accidents take place.  Huge number of deaths take place due to road accidents, approx of 40,000 per year.  Every year millions of people suffer with major or small injuries due to road accidents.  Every year number of road accidents are increasing, as per some survey done by an organization about 50 million people got injured and 1.2 million car accident deaths happened world wide in 2004.
  • 9.
     As perNHTA, car accidents happen every minute of the day.  As per the figures accidents can’t be stop 100% atlest can be reduced.  Some measures which could reduce the number of accidents. ◦ Wearing Seat Belt ◦ No cell pone, eating junk while driving ◦ Following traffic rules  As per NHTA between 3 o'clock to 9 o'clock is peck time for accidents.  Highest % between 6 o'clock to 9 o'clock, because of back to home time.  From 9 o'clock and midnight 53% of accidents happen under alcohol influence.
  • 10.
     From 12amto 7am accidents happen under alcohol influence becomes more worse where the percentage increases to 71%.  Many measures taken by governments in order to altest reduce the accidents number but unfortunately number is increasing year by year.  Now should we plan our drive avoiding the above timings  No, avoiding these timings is not a solution.  Increasing the awareness about following traffic rules, being alert while driving could make our roads more safe to drive.