20-10-2014, 12:26 PM
Abstracts: The rapid industrial development, agriculture production coupled with rise in population over the past decade has contributed in a large-scale increase in traffic in the nation. This increasing intensity of traffic has resulted in the manifestation of a number of problems like traffic congestion, delay, accidents, pollution etc. which poses a potential threat to the economic vitality and productive efficiency of India. Accidents are not often due to ignorance, but are due to carelessness, thoughtlessness and over confidence. This project points out that road accidents are associated with numerous problems each of which need to be addressed separately. Human, vehicle and environmental factors play roles before, during and after a road accident. Accidents, therefore, can be studied in terms of agent, host and environmental factors and epidemiologically classified into time, place and person distribution. This project is a study of quantity and characteristics of road accidents occurring in Rajkot City, along with high risk points(black spots) on the roads which are under study and to suggest safety measures against them.