Statistics indicates one person dies in a road accident in India every four minutes. The causes for India’s exceptionally high number of crashes include bad road user behaviour, flawed road design and engineering, weak enforcement of traffic laws and the lack of rapid trauma care. The sole statute governing Road Safety in India, the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (MVA) has proved ineffective in addressing any of the aforementioned issues decisively. Road Safety is still not seen as a priority issue in the country. India can do well with a comprehensive national road safety law, the sooner the better. Also required is a Good Samaritan Law for protection of Bystanders and helping hands. FACTS AND FIGURES ON ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS 1. Total Accidental Deaths in India, officially : 4,00,000 Highest Contributor : Road Accidents : 1,40,000 in 2012 Unofficially : 3,00,000 or more 2. Every hour : 15 deaths 3. Road deaths as percentage of Accidental Deaths : 40 % 4. Emergency Medical Care in Golden Hour : Over 80 % don’t receive 5. Fatalities averted if Golden Hour help provided : Over 50 % (75,000) 6. Police in India is normally the First Responder : Over 95 % untrained 7. Bystanders and Passerby : Mostly Mute Spectators 8. Road Accident Victims who suffer Head Injuries : Over 75 % of total 9. (a) Use of Helmets could prevent fatalities : 40 % (b) Reduction in risk of head injuries : 72 % (c) Neck and Spinal Injury reduction : Negligible 10. Those who suffer debilitating Injuries : Over 6,00,000. Most require some form of rehabilitation. 11. 1 road crash death every 4 minutes. 12. 16 : Deaths every hour due to Road Crashes. 13. 377 deaths every day, equivalent to a jumbo jet crashing every day. 14. 1287 injuries from road crashes every day. 15. 30-40 years : Age group is most susceptible to road crash deaths in the country. 16. Two Wheelers account for 25 % of total road crash deaths. 17. 12.02 lakhs : Number of people killed in road crashes in India in the past 10 years. 18. 55 lakhs : Number of people seriously injured or disabled in road crashes in India in the past 10 years. 19. 111 % : Percentage Under-Reporting of road crashes in India. 20. 50 % : Number of road crash victims who die of treatable injuries. 21. India has about 1 % of the world’s vehicles but accounts for about 10 % of the World’s Road Crash fatalities. 22. Annual GDP loss to India due to road accidents : 3 % 23. Top 10 countries with the highest number of Road Fatalities (Rank-Wise) : India, China, Brazil, U.S.A., Indonesia, Russia, Iran, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand. 24. 9177.32 Cr. (about Two Billion USD) : Amount incurred by the Indian Insurance Industry on Third Party Claims in road crashes in the financial year of 2012-13. 25. India : No Child Safety, Helmet or Restraint Laws. 26. One Child dies every hour due to Road Accidents. 27. 9 % increase in deaths year on year, mostly on two wheelers, Pedestrians and Commuters to School. 28. Supreme Court Guidelines for Children’s Safety : More in the Word than in the Execution (play zones, crossing zones, boarding of buses, vehicle free zone, traffic calming measures, types of school buses, drivers training and speed limits). 29. Non Availability of Child Helmets Emergency Medical Response Time: Germany < 6 min USA < 8 min India ?????? 30. Trauma To Hospital Interval – India
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