DESK RESEARCH

Key reasons for accidents are:

1.   Not wearing seat belts or helmets:

•   Majority of injuries and deaths that occurs in roads accidents can be avoided by use of               seat-belts and helmets.
•   Unrestrained passengers in rear seats are a threat not only to themselves but to those sitting in   the front seats. In case of a crash, they can be thrown into the back of the front seats or hit         other passengers, causing injury.
•  Seat-belts are by far the most important protection you can have in a crash.

               

     2.   Over-Speeding:

•  Reducing the vehicle’s speed plays a great role in preventing accidents.

• An adult pedestrian has less than a 20% chance of dying if struck by a car at less than 50 km/h but almost a 60% risk of dying if hit at 80 km/h.

     3. Driving under influence of drugs or alcohol can cause:

• Poor coordination: trouble doing more than one thing at a time, difficulty steering the car.

• Longer reaction time: reacting more slowly when something unexpected happens (a car approaching you from the side, people crossing the street).

• Poor judgment: trouble judging your and other people’s behaviour (including speed, distances, movement) and estimating risks.

• Reduction in concentration, memory, vision and hearing:
focusing only on the road ahead, losing track of what is taking place in your peripheral vision area, missing out on things you see and hear.

• False sense of confidence and overestimation of abilities: feeling more confident and taking risks that you would not usually take.

      4. Rash driving:

• Causes dis-balance among other drivers.

• Can cause accidents on a large scale (in terms of damage or no. of vehicles involved)

·     5.  Distracted driving:

•  Any activity that prevents you from giving the road your complete attention while driving is extremely dangerous. Therefore, it is important to avoid distractions when you are behind the wheel. We live in an increasingly busy world and while it is no surprise that drivers attempt to multi-task to save time, these activities can be hazardous.
• For this reason, laws to ban texting and other cellphone activities while driving have been passed all over the world. However, technology is not the only problem. Eating while driving, having an intense conversation with the passenger or trying to put on makeup while driving, for instance, are also major safety concerns.

      6.  Driving while tired or sleepy:

      7.  Not driving according to weather conditions: