This document discusses road accidents and road safety in Pakistan as a social issue. It provides statistics on road accidents in Pakistan from 2007-2008 and 2016-2017 that show thousands of fatalities and injuries annually. The major causes of road accidents discussed are bad roads, unskilled drivers, lack of traffic enforcement, and use of cell phones/intoxicants while driving. The effects are loss of lives, economic costs, and lifelong disabilities. Solutions proposed include improving driver behavior and skills, enforcing traffic laws strictly, and increasing public awareness campaigns.

1. INTRODUCTION
Asad Majeed
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2. SOCIAL ISSUES OF PAKISTAN
ROAD ACCIDENT
AND
ROAD SAFETY
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3. MAJOR ASPECTS OF MY PRESENTATION
What is Social issue?
What is Road traffic Safety?
Term (Road Accident)
Road Accident Statistics
Causes:
Effects:
Solutions:
How Road Accident is a social issue?
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What is Social issue?
Social issues refers to any undesirable
condition that is opposed either by the whole
society or by the section of society.

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Road traffic Safety:
Road traffic safety refers to the methods and
measures used to prevent road users from
being killed or seriously injured.

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Typical road users:
Pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, vehicle
passengers,
horse-riders, tram users and passengers of buses.

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Tram
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Term Road Accident:
This term refer to a situation where a vehicle collide
with other vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris
or road divider etc.

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Statistics

10. Year Total
Accidents
Fatal
Accidents
Non-
Fatal
Accidents
People
Killed
People
Injured
Vehicles
Involved
Pakistan
2007-8 10466 4610 5856 5615 12096 11456
2016-17 9582 4036 5546 5047 12696 11317
Punjab
2007-8 5522 2721 2801 3293 6163 5522
2016-17 3819 1989 1830 2494 5231 3819
Sindh
2007-8 1561 898 663 1066 1135 1722
2016-17 880 608 272 786 970 1009
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11. KPK
2007-8 2893 755 2138 942 3884 3634
2016-17 4256 1103 3153 1317 5804 5736
Balochis-
tan
2007-8 490 236 254 314 914 278
2016-17 401 209 192 321 567 537
Federal
2012-13 201 107 94 109 180 212
2016-17 226 127 99 129 124 216
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12. Causes:
 Bad Roads
 Lack of Patience
 Unskilled/Untrained Drivers
 Limited T.P
 Bad policies of T.P
 Lack of Awareness
 Illiteracy
 Use of Cell Phones
 Use of Intoxicants
 Limited driving Institutions
 Overload
 Old vehicles
 One wheelers 12

13. Effects:
 Loss of precious lives
 Loss of money
 Destruction for Economy
 Destroying Atmosphere
 Lifetime Disabilities
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14. Solutions:
 Keep your eyes on driving
 Never use your cell phone
 Don't change CD’s
 Never, ever drink and drive
 Avoid construction areas
 Follow speed limits
 Follow the rules of the road
 Ignore aggressive drivers
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15.  Have Patience
 Get practice of driving
 Fasten Your Seatbelt
 Limit your Passengers
 Limit night driving
 Avoid poor weather condition
 Counselling Seminars
 More driving Schools
 Strict Laws
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How Road Accident is a Social Issue??????

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