Draw a report on a disastrous road accident
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1. Road accidents is a negative externality associated with expansion in road network,
motorization and urbanization in the country. Road traffic injuries are recognized,
globally, as a major public health problem, for being one of the leading causes of
deaths, disabilities and hospitalization, imposing huge socio-economic costs. In case
of India, road injuries is one of the top four leading causes of death and health loss
among persons of age group 15-49 years.
2. During the calendar year 2016, the total number of road accidents is reported at
4,80,652 causing injuries to 4,94,624 persons and claiming 1,50,785 lives in the
country. This would translate, on an average, into 1317 accidents and 413 accident
deaths taking place on Indian roads every day; or 55 accidents and 17 deaths every
hour.
3. As compared to 2015, the numbers of road accidents and injured victims have
declined in 2016 by 4.1 per cent and 1.1 per cent respectively. However, the number
of persons killed in road crash has increased by 3.2 per cent over the previous year,
i.e, 2015.
4. The number of fatal accidents, i.e., accident in which at least one victim dies, has
increased consistently since 2005 and seen a sharp rise from 1,31,726 in 2015 to
1,36,071 in 2016. Consequently, accident severity expressed in terms of number of
persons killed per 100 accidents, has gone up from 29.1 in 2015 to 31.4 in 2016.
5. Age profile of road accident victims for the calendar year 2016 reveals that the youth
of age group 18 - 35 years accounted for 46.3 per cent (69,851 persons) and age
group of 18-45 accounted for a share of 68.6% (1,03,409 persons) in the total road
accident fatalities.
6. The number of road accidents relative to population, registered vehicles and road
length are on a general declining trend from 2010, but the number of persons killed
per lakh population has not undergone similar decline in recent years, as it has
climbed up to 11.9 in 2016, after an initial decline from 11.8 in 2011 to 11.2 in 2013.
7. The National Highways constitute about 2 per cent of the total road network of
India, but they accounted for 29.6 per cent of total road accidents and 34.5 per cent
of total number of persons killed. The State Highways accounted for 25.3 per cent
of total accidents and 27.9 per cent of the total number of persons killed in road
accident in 2016.
8. Traffic junctions are points of conflict and hence, are prone to road accidents. About
37 per cent of total accidents took place on junctions itself during the calendar year
2016. Within traffic junctions, uncontrolled ones contributed to a major portion of
road accidents underscoring the importance of traffic control mechanism at
junctions.
motorization and urbanization in the country. Road traffic injuries are recognized,
globally, as a major public health problem, for being one of the leading causes of
deaths, disabilities and hospitalization, imposing huge socio-economic costs. In case
of India, road injuries is one of the top four leading causes of death and health loss
among persons of age group 15-49 years.
2. During the calendar year 2016, the total number of road accidents is reported at
4,80,652 causing injuries to 4,94,624 persons and claiming 1,50,785 lives in the
country. This would translate, on an average, into 1317 accidents and 413 accident
deaths taking place on Indian roads every day; or 55 accidents and 17 deaths every
hour.
3. As compared to 2015, the numbers of road accidents and injured victims have
declined in 2016 by 4.1 per cent and 1.1 per cent respectively. However, the number
of persons killed in road crash has increased by 3.2 per cent over the previous year,
i.e, 2015.
4. The number of fatal accidents, i.e., accident in which at least one victim dies, has
increased consistently since 2005 and seen a sharp rise from 1,31,726 in 2015 to
1,36,071 in 2016. Consequently, accident severity expressed in terms of number of
persons killed per 100 accidents, has gone up from 29.1 in 2015 to 31.4 in 2016.
5. Age profile of road accident victims for the calendar year 2016 reveals that the youth
of age group 18 - 35 years accounted for 46.3 per cent (69,851 persons) and age
group of 18-45 accounted for a share of 68.6% (1,03,409 persons) in the total road
accident fatalities.
6. The number of road accidents relative to population, registered vehicles and road
length are on a general declining trend from 2010, but the number of persons killed
per lakh population has not undergone similar decline in recent years, as it has
climbed up to 11.9 in 2016, after an initial decline from 11.8 in 2011 to 11.2 in 2013.
7. The National Highways constitute about 2 per cent of the total road network of
India, but they accounted for 29.6 per cent of total road accidents and 34.5 per cent
of total number of persons killed. The State Highways accounted for 25.3 per cent
of total accidents and 27.9 per cent of the total number of persons killed in road
accident in 2016.
8. Traffic junctions are points of conflict and hence, are prone to road accidents. About
37 per cent of total accidents took place on junctions itself during the calendar year
2016. Within traffic junctions, uncontrolled ones contributed to a major portion of
road accidents underscoring the importance of traffic control mechanism at
junctions.
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