An Overview On Road Accidents

By:-Mansur Husain
 What is an accident?
• A traffic collision
(motor vehicle collision,
motor vehicle accident,
or car crash) is when a
road vehicle collides
with another vehicle,
pedestrian, animal, or
geographical or
architectural obstacle.
Traffic collisions causes
personal injury, property
damage & the worst
outcome is death.
 Impact of an Accident
• Injuries

• Property damage

• Fatality

• Mental Trauma
 Death Toll
• On an average around 40 people are killed every
month in Calcutta & almost all the accidents
involve private buses.
Death Toll Of 2004
N u m b er O f P eo p le k illed

2000
Delhi, 1782
1500

1000 Mumbai, 534

500 Calcutta, 420 Chennai, 588
0
Calcutta Delhi Mumbai Chennai
Cities
 Why accidents are not stopped?
• Administration’s inability to arrest the
offender.

• Even if the offender is arrested at the end of a

trial, which usually takes five years, drivers
are frequently let off with a fine, paid by their
employers.
 Causes of Accidents
• Driver’s Behavior
• Vehicle design and maintenance
• Driver impairment - Physical impairment
Old age
Sleep deprivation
Drug use
• Road design
• Motor vehicle speed
 Causes of Accidents (contd…)
•Speed Kills
 Suggestions & Measures
• Replacing the commission system with monthly salaries could be an answer to this
nuisance.

• The number of accidents will also come down drastically if drivers are made to pay
fines. They kill people and employers are punished. The Centre of Indian Trade
Unions (CITU) does that for them and then forces them to pay all fines and other
legal expenses when the drivers knock down people.

• The city police have, meanwhile, sent the state government a list of proposals to
amend the law and increase the fine and punishment. Lawyers also feel that the jail
term under 304A should be increased at least to five years from two years to curb
road accidents.