Road Traffic Accidents in India is a major killer of adolescents. It needs an urgent attention. your suggestions are welcome.

1. The Ignored Teen Killer
Road Traffic Accidents
The future of a country is its young people.
Road traffic accidents are the leading cause of
death globally among 15-19 years.
Sec Gen WHO 2014
Dr CP Bansal
cpbansal@gmail.com

2. The Decade of Action for Road Safety
(2011–2020)
calls on countries to implement
the measures identified internationally
to make their roads safer
Taking road safety as
a serious issue, in
2015, India signed the
Brasilia declaration
and committed to
reducing road
accidents and
fatalities by half.

3. Youth !!!
The Largest Casualty Of Road Crashes
 In 2016, a staggering
60% of people who
lost their lives in road
accidents were in
the age group of 18-
35 years.
 Tragically, majority of
them were the sole
earning members of
their families.

4. Top TEN Causes of Death
in Young Population
 Aged 15-29 years, 2012
Global Status Report on Road Safety, 2018: SUMMARY

5. The global burden of road
traffic deaths
 The number of road traffic deaths remains around
almost 1.35 million per year, In spite of increasing
world’s population.
 There has been no reduction in Death toll after
2013, specially in low/medium income countries.
 However, it also indicates that to achieve
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 3.6 lot
has to be done.

6.  Total worldwide death toll of Tsunami of
2004 -was about 2,30,000.
 Death toll of Road Accidents is 1,37,0000 !!!
Equal to 5 Tsunamis every year on Roads.
Disturbing Data
http://scroll.in/article/757365/road-accidents-kill-382-in-india-every-day-1682-times-more-than-terrorism

7.  In INDIA Road accidents kill ;
 382 every day – one jambojet crashing daily.
 1,47,671 died in RTA in 2017 – injured 3- 4
times higher.
 1,682 times more than deaths due to
terrorism,
 more than death toll of all wars put together.
 1214 road crashes occur every day
Disturbing Data – INDIA
http://scroll.in/article/757365/road-accidents-kill-382-in-india-every-day-1682-times-more-than-terrorism

8. YEAR CRASHES DEATHS
2016 4,80,652 1,50,785
2017 4,64,910 (-3.27%) 1,47,913(-1.9%)
2018 (first quarter) 1.68% rise
• 11/1Lakh population – India (2nd ) – 1st Russia 19/1Lakh
• India….1% of world’s Vehicles and 10% Accidents

9. YEA
R
CRASHES DEATHS INJURED
2016 4,312 6,055 15,914
2017 4,979 7,397 16,193
Road accident stands as a major
killer of youth in Bangladesh
ARI & BPWA

10. Road accident stands as a major
killer of youth in Nepal
Nov 1, 2017
According to statistics published by Nepal Police
YEAR CRASHES DEATHS
2016 10,013 2,006
2017 10,178 2,385

11. Fatalities in RTAs Globally is
stagnant - But!!!

12. Indian Road Deaths Wipe Out One City
Every Year
road death toll stand at 1.3 lakh per year in last decade

15. • Speed
• Drink – driving
• Helmet & seat
Belt
• Distracted Driving
• Child restraints
• Road Conditions
• Vehicle Condition
• Licensing
• Poor
Implementation of
Laws
• Rains/ Fogg

16. Speeding
 Speeding has been a factor in over 37% of
crashes involving 16 year old.
 5% decrease in speed may prevent 30%
accidents

17. Intelligent Speed Assistance
(ISA)
 System aims to increase speed limit compliance.
 ISA systems compare the speed of the vehicle
with the recommended safe speed at that
location.
 In case of excess speed, the system gives
feedback to the driver or restricts vehicle speed.
 Effectiveness - speed limit compliance
increased by - 90% in Netherlands.

18. Drunk Driving
 5–35% of all road deaths are reported as alcohol-
related – mainly youth!!
 BAC limit of 0.05 g/dl for general population, and
 BAC limit of 0.02 g/dl for young or novice drivers.

19. Alcohol interlocks
“alcolocks”
 Alcolocks - require the driver to take a breath
test before starting the car - If the driver fails, it
locks the ignition of the car.
 Useful for people who have been convicted of
drink – driving, from re‐offending.
 Effectiveness - 40‐95% reductions in drink‐drivers.

20. Helmet

21. Increasing motorcycle
helmet use
 49 countries representing 2.7 billion people currently have
laws on motorcycle helmet use that align with best practice.

23. Seat Belts
 Ensure young driver always fastens seatbelt and checks to
make sure that passengers do too.
 Most teenagers killed in car accidents are not wearing
safety belts.
Shockingly, the key reason
why people don’t wear seat
belts in the country is that
seat belts crumple clothes!

24. Increasing seat-belt use

26. Increasing child restraint use
The use of child restraints can lead to at least a 60%
reduction in deaths. Criteria for child restraint laws include;
• to place children until 10yr or 135 cm in a child restraint;
• a restriction to seating children in the front seat.

27. Distracted Driving
 Talking / texting on the cellphone
 Eating
 Arguments/loud chatting

29. Running Red Lights
 Drivers speed up when they approach a yellow light
 Overtaking

30. Friends
in the
car
 Risk of teen drivers being killed in a crash increases
with each additional teenager in the vehicle.
 The risk increases 44% with one passenger, it doubles
with two, and quadruples with three.

31. Talking/Texting
on the phone
 12% of crashes come from cell phone use.

33. Mobile Phone Management
 Routinely turn off and put away your mobile phone
before starting the car.
 For an urgent call stop the car.

34. Avoiding Distractions
 Encourage your teenager to fully concentrate on driving &
avoid activities that take the focus off the road, including
eating, drinking, reaching for an object, reading messages or
adjusting/programming electronics.

35. Safe roads
Our roads are 5.4 million km
 Potholes on roads,
 Animals on road
 Road infrastructure - stability
 Overloading of passengers and goods.
 Improper knowledge and use of traffic signals
 Separating zones for pedestrians and cyclists
from motorized traffic.
 Safe crossings for pedestrians and cyclists.

40.  In 2016, the government identified 726 black
spots on national highways and allocated Rs
11,000 crore to fix them, 189 spots have already
been rectified by the government.

41. Rain
 Roads become slippery
 Difficult for drivers to see the other cars
 Causes vehicles to spin out of control while braking

42. Electronic Stability Control
(ESC)
 ESC enhances vehiclesʹ lateral stability by
recognising when a skid is starting to happen.
 In a fraction of a second the electronic control
unit applies the brakes at individual wheels,
helping to keep the car under control before
the skid develops.
 Effectiveness - highly effective in reducing
rollover and other loss‐ of‐control crashes.

43. Feb 04, 2019 09:14 PM IST | Source: PTI
Govt expects 20% decline in road accidents:
Nitin Gadkari Gadkari was addressing an event here at Rajghat
after jointly flagging off Suraksha Yatra - a motor rally with
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

45. 30th Road Safety Week 2019 is being celebrated in India
from 04th February (Monday) to the 10th February (Sunday).
“Sadak Suraksha – Jeevan Raksha”

47. • The law which currently exists in India is inadequate
and fails to met most of the global standards of
best practice legislation defined by the World
Health Organisation.
• The Amendment Bill, if passed, should help create
norms related to helmets and child restraints that
meet these standards.
Road Safety Bill 2015

48. The government will introduce the Road Transport
and Safety Bill in parliament and implement a related
plan to make roads safer in the country, he said.

50. Role of IAP
 Do advocacy about safe driving habits
 Arranging seminars in schools
 Including it in IAP Action Plan

51. Road Safety Slogans

52. Road Safety Slogans
• Life's short, don't rush it.
• Chance takers sometimes be accident makers!
• If you want to stay married, divorce speed.
• Mountains are pleasure if you drive with leisure.
• Alert today - Alive tomorrow.
• Speed Thrills But Kills.
• Better be Mister Late than to be Late Mister
• Nazar chooki to nazar nahi aaoge

54. जे दिन गये तुम्हदहिं बिनु िेखे,
ते बिरिंच नदहिं पारदहिं लेखे।
- रामचररतमानस।
मािं कौशल्या, राम से कहती है - तुम्हें िेखे बिना जो
दिन गुजरे, प्रजापपता ब्रह्मा उन्हें मेरी आयु में न जोडें।
" वृद्धावस्था कष्ट है, िररद्रता का जीवन कष्टप्रि है,
पुत्र शोक महाकष्ट है, क्षुधा ( भूख ) सिसे िडा कष्ट
है।" महाभारत।
ककसी पररवार में वृद्ध माता-पपता के जवान,
आजीपवका के स्त्रोत पुत्र की असामययक मृत्यु,पूरे
पररवार को हर तरह से कष्टप्रि है ।