Causes Of Road Accidents

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Road accidents can occur due to various reasons. Usually such accidents are not caused intentionally. Accidents result due to a combination of different factors such as: (i) Weather (ii) Road factors (iii) Driver & Violation of the rules (iv) Condition of the vehicle. (i)Weather: Bad weather is also one of the biggest causes of road traffic accidents. Bad weather such as heavy rain, snow or fog can cause bad visibility. Also due to bad weather poor friction on road surfaces which lead to skidding/vehicles not able to stop and break in time and collide with each other or other objects. (ii) Road factors: The other important factors about the traffic accident are road factors. The roads …show more content…

(iii)Driver & Violation of the rules: One of the most important factors about the traffic accidents is violation of the rules which can be with exceeding speed limit, using alcohol. Exceeding speed limit causes great accidents because with this exceeding driver loses the control of his driving and then occur accidents which even result in deaths. Violation of the rules can also be with using alcohol before driving. After getting alcohol, driver cannot pay attention to the road. Drivers which are not sleep properly are also sometimes leads to accident. Because of this they do not pay their full attentions to the road and they even fall asleep while they are driving. Unsafe overtaking, not stopping at the red traffic light and other common disregards of road rules. Drivers lacking of knowledge is the other factor which causes accidents.. The drivers who have got their licenses from bad driving courses cause traffic accidents because they become drivers without having enough knowledge about driving, signs and traffic …show more content…

Well maintained signs are important as they help to drivers to make good decisions. Fig 3.2: National Highway-70 with Sign Board Source: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=road%20amb%20una. So, in sign inventory we study about the different types of signs and their proper position where it is require. And Maintenance of signs are also very important. 3.3.2 Analysis of Secondary data using WSI (Weighted Severity Index) method: In this accident data is needed, which we can collect from the related area Police stations. And to analysis the secondary data we use the WSI method. Weighted Severity Index, (WSI) = (5 x K) + (3 x GI) + (1 x MI) Where, K is the number of persons killed, GI is the number of grievous injuries, MI is the number of minor

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