a silent tsunami on indian road

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Road Accident Statistics WHO

y Every year, road crashes kill nearly 1.3 million people and injurebetween 20 and 50 million more.

y Leading worldwide cause of death among young people aged 15to 29

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Every day, more than 1,000 young people under the age of 25years are killed in road traffic crashes globally


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Road Accident Statistics WHO

y More than 90% of the worlds fatalities on the roads occur in low-and middle income countries

y Almost half of those who die in road crashes are pedestrians,cyclists and motorcyclists, collectively known as vulnerable roadusers

y 3 to 4 % of Gross National Product is lost in road accidents


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Road Accident Statistics - India

y Over 130,000 deaths annually, India has overtaken China andnow has the worst road traffic accident rate worldwide.

y WHO claims that accidents are primarily due to badinfrastructure and rash driving.

y Cost of Road accidents - Rs. 55,000 crores (2000prices), i.e. 3%of GDP


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Trend in India


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Age wise distribution


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Causes of road Accidents

78.50%

2.20%

1.20%

1.30%

1.80%

0.80% 14.20% Fault of driver(incl drink and driver)

Fault of pedestrian

Fault of cyclist

Defect in road conditions

Defect in condition of motor vehical

Weather condition

All other causes


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GloballyGlobally IndiaIndia

y 8hrs per day

y 48hrs per weeky Employs 120 million people

y Total manhrs=2,99,520million hrs

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Death rate per hr=4.34* 10

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y 12hrs per day

y 72hrs per weeky Employs 3crore people

y Total man hrs=11,232croreshrs

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Death rate per hr=1.16* 10

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Shift Hours at Construction site


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Construction Zone HighwayAccident Causes

y Improper or confusing signage

y Improper or confusing safety barriers

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Un-posted speed limit signsy Unattended construction equipment

y Construction debris on the highway

y Construction vehicles entering and exiting the highwayimproperly

y Driver stress and frustration

y Driver inattentiveness


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Safety features while road is underconstruction or maintenance

y Bright laser light should be provided on diversions

y Informatory sign board should be provided at least 500mts from

diversiony People working and diverting the traffic should wear reflective

jackets

y Speed limit should be cut down in the diversion area

y Strict law should be enforced

y Proper road marking and sign boards should be provided

y Emergency ambulance should be provided after every 25kms


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Steps to be taken for PreventingRoad Accidents

y 90 % of accidents can be avoided by strict enforcement off-speedlimit

y Diving tests for issue of Driving license is to be made more

stringent and full proofy Issue of Helmet should be made mandatory with the sale of

each two wheeler and should be made compulsory to back seat aswell

y Traffic rules should be strictly enforced

y Safety awareness should begin from childhoody License of drunkard drivers and riders should be cancelled

immediately

y One way traffic should be implemented in all roads as far aspossible


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Steps to be taken for PreventingRoad Accidents

y Roads should be properly marked

y Footpaths and medians should be made mandatory for allimportant roads and for all new roads

y Humps should be provided

y Road Safety Day / Road Safety Week should be observed in allschools every year

y Visibility should be increased near curvatures

y Reflectors should be fixed on Front and Back ofTrucks andLorries

y Attention distracting Hoardings, banners, posters, advertisements etc should be banned near roads and highways


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Sources

y http://www.ifrc.org/Global/Publications/disasters/appeals/MAA0003610p.pdf

y http://www.dwworld.de/dw/article/0,,5519345,00.htmly www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention

y www.internationaltransportforum.org/jtrc/DiscussionPapers/jtrcpapers.html

y

India_2010 Status Paper.docy Indian infrastructure report Q1 2011


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