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Road Safety
This document discusses road safety issues in India. Some key points: - One death occurs on Indian roads every four minutes, with over 137,000 deaths in 2013. Common causes of accidents include speeding, drunk driving, and overloading of vehicles. - The top cities for road deaths are Delhi, Chennai, Jaipur, Bengaluru, and Mumbai. Accident rates have been increasing over the past decade. Specific engineering issues like median barriers and road construction also contribute to accidents.
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- 3. INDIAN ACCIDENTAL DATA • Over 1,37,000 people were killed in road accidents in 2013 alone - More than the number of people killed in all our wars put together •One serious road accident in the country occurs every minute and 16 die on Indian roads every hour • Drunken driving is one of the leading causes of road fatalities • 5 lives end on Delhi’s roads everyday • 16 children die on Indian roads daily • 1214 road crashes occur every day in India • Two wheelers account for 25% of total road crash deaths • 20 children under the age of 14 die every day due to road crashes in in the country • 377 people die every day - Equivalent to a jumbo jet crashing every day • Two people die every hour in Uttar Pradesh – State with maximum number of road crash deaths Source: National Crime Records Bureau, Ministry of Road Transport & Highway, Law commission of India, Global status report on road safety 2013
- 4. TOP 10 CITIES WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF ROAD CRASH DEATHS ☞ Delhi (City) ☞ Chennai ☞Jaipur ☞ Bengaluru ☞ Mumbai ☞ Kanpur ☞ Lucknow ☞ Agra ☞ Hyderabad ☞ Pune http://sites.ndtv.com/roadsafety/important-feature-to-you-in-your-car-5/?q=/roadsafety/important-feature-to-you-in-your-car/
- 5. ROAD ACCIDENT PARAMETERS 2014 - 2015 Parameter 20142015 % Change over previous year Total Accidents in the country 4.89,400 5,01,423 2.5 Total number of Persons killed in the country 1,39,671 1,46,133 4.6 Total number of persons injured in the country 4,93,474 5,00,279 1.4 Accident severity* 28.5 29.1 2.1 *No. of persons killed per 100 accidents Source: “Road Accidents in India – 2015”, Government of India, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Transport Research Wing.
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- 24. The Punjab and Haryana high court has asked the Haryana government to identify and flatten all speed breakers that don't adhere to standards 2016: Delhi HCorders removal The Times of India, May 26 2016 A bench of Justices B D Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva said speed breakers constructed on public roads without authorisation or recommendation of traffic police and not conforming to prescribed norms are “unauthorised“ and must be removed. The high court gave four weeks to all civic bodies--the three municipal corporations, public works department, New Delhi Municipal Council, Delhi Cantonment Board and Delhi Development Authority--which are responsible for maintaining the roads in the capital. The court also directed the traffic police and the civic bodies to ensure that speed breakers which do not conform with the guidelines of Indian Road Congress and the Unified Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure (Planning & Engineering) Centre are not constructed. The court said that plastic or PVC speed breakers must also be removed if they fail to conform with the guidelines and if they haven't been cleared by the traffic police. The high court also directed the agencies to put up signage, according to the guidelines, which will help the commuters to know there is a speed breaker. Source: http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php/Road_accidents:_India, Courtesy: Times of India
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- 31. • On occurrence of a traffic crash is brought to the notice of a police station (by anyone involved in the crash; anyone who knows about the crash; or a police officer who comes to know about the crash) the information reported is recorded in a First Information Report (FIR). • After an FIR has been filed the contents of the FIR cannot be changed except by a ruling from the High Court or the Supreme Court of India. •After the investigation is complete a case file is prepared which records the details of the crash as determined by the police department (which need not necessarily tally with those in the FIR) and the ‘offending party’ (as determined by the investigation) is charged with offences under provisions of the - Indian Penal Code and - The Motor Vehicles Act of India 1988 (Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, 1988) LEGAL ANGLE Source: Mohan. D, Tiwari. G and Bhalla. K., “Road Safety in India Status Report”, Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 2015
- 32. • Some of the relevant provisions are: Indian Penal Code ☞ Section 279. Rash driving or riding on a public way ☞Section 304A. Causing death by negligence ☞ Section 336. Act endangering life or personal safety of others ☞ Section 337. Causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others ☞ Section 338. Causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others Motor Vehicles Act ☞ Section 185. Driving by a drunken person or by a person under the influence of drugs ☞ Section 184. Driving dangerously Source: Mohan. D, Tiwari. G and Bhalla. K., “Road Safety in India Status Report”, Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 2015
- 33. BLOOD ON ROADS In 2015, Deaths due to ☞ Overtaking: Over 30,000 ☞ Diverging and merging: 32,000 ☞Stationary and other parked vehicles: 7,280
- 35. SPECIFIC CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS INCLUDE • Specific causes of accidents include: ☞ Median kerbstones in dual carriageways and poor visibility of kerb stones ☞ Staged road construction ☞ Lack of maintenance of road signs ☞ Driver errors ☞ Plantation of trees in rights of way ☞ Depressed side shoulders ☞ Contractor errors ☞ Bridge railings ☞ Poor drainage, and ☞ Haphazard crossing of roads by pedestrians and cattle • Some recommendations for improving road safety, including - Road design improvements - Black spot identification and improvement, traffic barriers - Road safety audit, advanced warning systems - Road patrolling - Training in first aid - Uniform geometric design - Roadside amenities Road safety considerations for national highways (Sharma, A. and Dua, L., 2000)
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- 37. • It isnecessary to have first aid facilities in the vehicle, so that preliminary treatment may be given to the person immediatelyafter the accident before reachingthe doctor to the patient or takingpatient to the doctor • Duties of the First Aider - To maintain first aid box properly and replace the expire medicine - To know the first aid techniques - To reach as soon as possible with the first aid box at the place where accident occurs - To bring the patient in the fist aid room for further treatment - To have full sympathy with the patient • First Aid Materials - Rolled bandages - Knife, scissors - Dettol - Burnol - Sterilized dressings - Safety pin eye drops • First Aid to Save Life - Mouth to Mouth Artificial Respiration - Laying the victim with his face and chest downwards FIRST AID
- 38. Head at largest Circumference, CM HELMET SIZE 51 -52 XX SMALL 53 -54X SMALL 55 -56 SMALL 57 -58 MEDIUM 59 -60 LARGE 61 -62 X LARGE 63 - 64 XX LARGE According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Association, head injuries are of the most common injuries after motorcycle crashes and were estimated to be the cause of death in >50% of these fatalities. Despite these facts, it is estimated that only 50% of motorcyclists routinely wear helmets WEAR YOUR HELMET WHEN RIDING MOTORCYCLE
- 40. S LOVE SAFETY. MARRY RULES. DIVORCESPEED. PRACTICE SAFETY, KNOWING IS NOT ENOUGH STAY ALERT STAY ALIVE
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