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Rta Final

The document discusses the definition of accidents and various factors contributing to road traffic accidents, including speed, drink-driving, motorcycle helmet use, distracted driving, and seat belts. It emphasizes the importance of prevention strategies such as safety education, promotion of safety measures, and enforcement of laws. Additionally, it highlights the need for data collection, rehabilitation services, and accident research to improve road safety.

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Rta Final

The document discusses the definition of accidents and various factors contributing to road traffic accidents, including speed, drink-driving, motorcycle helmet use, distracted driving, and seat belts. It emphasizes the importance of prevention strategies such as safety education, promotion of safety measures, and enforcement of laws. Additionally, it highlights the need for data collection, rehabilitation services, and accident research to improve road safety.

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An unexpected and unplanned

occurence that may involve


injury is known as an Accident.

one such common example is


a……..
Department of Communit
Medicine
Presented by 73 - 84
Speed
Motorc
Drink- ycle
Driving Risk helmets

Factor
Seat
belts &
s Distrac
child ted
restrai driving
nt
Speed:
• Pedestrians have a 90% chance of surviving
a car crash at 30km/hr or below .
• Lower average speed reduce respiratory
problems associated with car emissions
Drink – Driving :
BAC (Blood alcohol concentration) > 0.04 g/dl
increases the risk of the crash
Motorcycle helmets: Reduce the risk of
deaths by 42% and risk of head injury by 69%
Distracted driving :
Texting while driving , use of mobile phones
Seat belts and child restraints:
Reduces the risk of fatality among front -seat
passengers by 40-50% and of rear seat
passengers by 25-75%
5

4
PREVENTION
3 OF ROAD
TRAFFIC
2 ACCIDENTS
1
5
Data
4 collection
 Details of risk
factors,
circumstances,chain PREVENTION OF
3 of events leading ROAD TRAFFIC
upto accidents ACCIDENTS
provided by basic
2 reporting system
Environmental data
relating to road,
vehicle, weather
must be collected 1
5 Safety
education
4
PREVENTION OF
3 ROAD TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS
 'If Accident is a
disease, Education is 2
its vaccine’
 Initiated at the school


level 1
5 Promotion of
safety
4 measures
PREVENTION OF
3 ROAD TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS

 Seat belts 2
 Safety helmets
 Children remain
seated when they
are in a vehicles
1
5 Alcohol and
other drugs
4
PREVENTION OF
3 ROAD TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS

 Drugs like 2
barbiturates,ampheta
mine & cannabis
impairs one’s ability
to drive safely .
1
Primary 5
Care
4
PREVENTION OF
3 ROAD TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS

1
Elimination
of causative
9 factors
PREVENTION OF
8 ROAD TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS

7 Improvement of
roads

Imposition of
speed limits
6
Enfocement
of laws
9
PREVENTION OF
8 ROAD TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS

6
Rehabilitation
services
9
PREVENTION OF
8 ROAD TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS

7
 Medical rehabilitation
 Social rehabilitation
 Occupational 6
Accident
Research
 Investigating new & better
methods of alerting human
9
behaviour seeking ways to PREVENTION OF
make environment safer &
evaluating more precisely
8 ROAD TRAFFIC
the efficiency of control ACCIDENTS
measures.
7
 This area is now termed as
Accidentology
6
Reference :
Park’s
Drive responsibly; someone is waiting for you at
home.

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