This paper is published in Volume-4, Issue-3, 2018
Area
Civil Engineering
Author
Gagan Kataria, Sumesh Jain
Org/Univ
Om Institute of Technology and Management, Hisar, Haryana, India
Keywords
Road accidents, Vulnerable road users, Safety measures.
Citations
IEEE
Gagan Kataria, Sumesh Jain. Study on road accident and improved safety measures of road accident, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.
APA
Gagan Kataria, Sumesh Jain (2018). Study on road accident and improved safety measures of road accident. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 4(3) www.IJARIIT.com.
MLA
Gagan Kataria, Sumesh Jain. "Study on road accident and improved safety measures of road accident." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 4.3 (2018). www.IJARIIT.com.
Gagan Kataria, Sumesh Jain. Study on road accident and improved safety measures of road accident, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.
APA
Gagan Kataria, Sumesh Jain (2018). Study on road accident and improved safety measures of road accident. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 4(3) www.IJARIIT.com.
MLA
Gagan Kataria, Sumesh Jain. "Study on road accident and improved safety measures of road accident." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 4.3 (2018). www.IJARIIT.com.
Abstract
Road accidents are an outcome of the interplay of various factors, some of which are the length of the road network, vehicle population, human population and adherence/enforcement of road safety regulations etc. Road accident causes injuries, fatalities, disabilities, and hospitalization with severe socio-economic costs across the country. Road traffic injuries cause considerable economic losses to victims, their families, and to nations as a whole. Almost 90% of the world's fatalities on the roads occur in low- and middle-income countries, even though these countries have approximately half of the world's vehicles. Half of those dying on the world’s roads are “vulnerable road users”: pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists. Without action, road traffic crashes are predicted to rise to become the 7th leading cause of death by 2030.