Road Traffic Accidents, Causes and Preventions. Types of Road Accidents: Longitudinal –Collision Accidents Transversal -Collision Accidents Skid-on-Road Accidents Causes of Road Traffic Accidents: Error of Driver. Surrogate driving. Over-loading/Over-speeding. Absence of traffic control devices. Absence of traffic police personal for regulation of traffic on important & crucial junctions. Absence of parapet walls, crash barriers, road signs etc. Poor road engineering and Bad road conditions. Prevention of Road Traffic Accidents: Ban on use of Mobile phones while driving a vehicle. Use of seat belts & protective headgears (Helmets). Establishment of authorized service stations in rural/hilly areas. Regulation of services on effective time table to avoid missing of services. Checking of over-loading/over-speeding and other violations and strict enforcement of traffic laws. Organizing of Road safety programmes by involving District Administration, Educational Institutions, NGOs, Transport association and Drivers etc. Entrusting of Investigation & Prosecution of road accidents by Traffic Police and strict action against delinquent responsible traffic personal Road Traffic Accident Management: Establishment of Trauma units. Establishment of call help centre. Establishment of Quick Rescue Teams (QRTs). Creation of Passenger Welfare Fund/Corpus Fund. Constitution of Road Safety Counsils.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 02:59:51 +0000
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