To bring awareness about this major cause of teen deaths, RTA have many predisposing factors - like road conditions, poor licencing, poor condition of vehicles apart from speed and distracted driving.

1. The Principle Teen Killer
Road Traffic Accidents
The future of a country is its young people.
Road traffic accidents are the leading cause of death
globally among 15-19 years.
Sec Gen WHO 2014
Dr CP Bansal
cpbansal@gmail.com

2. The Sustainable
Development Goals
include a target of
50% reduction in
road traffic deaths
and injuries by 2020.
The Decade of Action for Road Safety
(2011–2020)
calls on countries to implement
the measures identified internationally
to make their roads safer

4. ‘World Road Statistics 2015’
 Released by International Road Federation, Geneva,
 11/1Lakh population – India (second Highest)
 19/1 Lakh population Russian Federation topped
 India is signatory to the ‘Brasilia Declaration’ and thus
committed to reduce road accidents by 50% by 2020 – just
four years from now.

5. Top TEN Causes of Death in
Young Population
 Aged 15-29 years, 2012
Global Status Report on Road Safety, 2015:
SUMMARY

6. India….1% of Vehicles and 10% Accidents
Population, Road Deaths and
Registered Motorized Vehicles, by Country Income

9. In 2015, 54.1% of those
killed belonged to the
15-30 year age group.

11. Disturbing facts in India
1,374 road accidents take place every day
resulting in 400 deaths.
 This number translates to
 57 accidents every hour and
 17 deaths every hour.
 Total RTAs (an increase of 2.5%)
 in 2015 was 5,01,423 as against 4,89,400 in 2014.
 Total deaths (an increase of 4.6%)
 in 2015 was 1,46,133, as against 1,39,671 in 2014.
 Total Injured (an increase of 1.4%.)
 5,00,279 in 2015, as against 4,93,474 in 2014,
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36496375

12. Fatalities in RTAs Globally is
stagnant - But!!!

13. in India
1214 road crashes occur every day

14. Over 1,37,000 people were killed in RTAs in 2013.
More than the number of people killed in all our wars put
together.

15. In India;
1 serious road accident/every min

17. Two people die every hour in Uttar Pradesh – State with
maximum number of road crash deaths.
Tamil Nadu is the state with the maximum number of
road crash injuries

18. The following were top 13 states
which recorded 86.7% of all
road accidents in 2015
1. Tamil Nadu : 69,059
2. Maharashtra : 63,805
3. Madhya Pradesh : 54,947
4. Karnataka : 44,011
5. Kerala : 39,014
6. Uttar Pradesh : 32,385
7. Andhra Pradesh : 24,258
8. Rajasthan : 24,072
9. Gujarat : 23,183
10. Telangana : 21,252
11. Chhattisgarh : 14,446
12. West Bengal : 13,208
13. Haryana : 11,174

19. Top 13 states that accounted for
83.6% of all road accident fatalities
1. Uttar Pradesh : 17,666
2. Tamil Nadu : 15,642
3. Maharashtra : 13,212
4. Karnataka : 10,856
5. Rajasthan : 10,510
6. Madhya Pradesh : 9,314
7. Andhra Pradesh : 8,297
8. Gujarat : 8,119
9. Telangana : 7,110
10. West Bengal : 6,234
11. Punjab : 4,893
12. Haryana : 4,879
13. Other States/UTs : 23,980

20. Top 13 states that accounted for
87.2% of all road accident injuries:
Total number of injured persons in 2015 were 5,00,279
1. Tamil Nadu : 79,746
2. Karnataka : 56,971
3. Madhya Pradesh : 55,815
4. Kerala : 43,735
5. Maharashtra : 39,606
6. Andhra Pradesh : 29,439
7. Rajasthan : 26,153
8. Uttar Pradesh : 23,305
9. Telangana : 22,948
10. Gujarat : 21,448
11. Chhattisgarh : 13,426
12. Odisha : 11,825
13. West Bengal : 11,794

22. Distracted Driving
 Talking / texting on the cellphone
 Eating
 Arguments/loud chatting

24. Speeding
 Ignoring the speed limit
 Speeding has been a factor in over 37% of crashes
involving 16 year olds.

27. Drunk Driving
 Drinking makes you lose focus and to function properly
 Is very dangerous when operating a vehicle

28. Drunken driving
is one of the leading cause of RTAs.
These accidents usually occur
between 9 to 12 pm

30. Rain
 Roads become slippery
 Difficult for drivers to see the other cars
 Causes vehicles to spin out of control while braking

31. Running Red Lights
 Red means Stop
 Drivers speed up when they approach a yellow light
 People’s excuse to this – “being in a hurry”

32. Peer Pressure
 Like anything peer pressure can take over teenagers
actions.
 In the car friends tend to push the driver to go faster or
do illegal stuff, increasing the risk of crashing.

34. Friends in the car
 Statistics show that the risk of 16-17 year old drivers being
killed in a crash increases with each additional teenage
passenger in the vehicle.
 The risk increases 44% with one passenger, it doubles with
two, and quadruples with three.
 Passengers tend to peer pressure the driver and these
usually causes accidents.

35. Talking/Texting
on the phone
 12% of crashes come from cell phone use.

37. Helmet

41. Impacts
 Damage to the vehicle
 Tangible costs
(repair, medical treatment, insurance)
 Intangible costs
(pain, suffering – self & family)
 Hospitalization
 Permanent disability - handicap
 Death

42. Socio-Economic Implications of
Road Accidents
 National crime records Bureau statistics show 16
deaths/hour in our country due to RTAs.
 The average cost of RTA s in India is approximately
12.5 billion $ (Rs.7 lakh crores).
 The economic burden of permanent disability of the more
than 10 lakhs people who survive major accidents every
year – excluded.

43. Socio-Economic Implications of
Road Accidents - a huge strain
 85 % of the victims of deaths due to RTAs are
men in the age group 20 -50 years – the earning
member of their families.
 The family loses the source of income in addition
to their loved one.
 A new source of income usually comes with
uncertainties and exploitations.
 children dropping out from the school ,and
 elderly being forced to work.

44. Socio-Economic Implications of
Road Accidents
 The permanently disabled – spinal injuries etc.
require frequent hospital visits and involve huge
costs – apart from loss of the financial productivity.
 The average expenses of a spinally injured patient
in the US is about $8,30,000 in the first year plus
Indirect expenses of $ 65,384/yr.
 Although similar Indian data is lacking. Sadly in
India, this economic burden resulting from RTA
is borne out solely by the family of the patient

46. Seat Belts
 Ensure young driver always fastens seatbelt and
checks to make sure that passengers do too.
 Most teenagers killed in car accidents are not
wearing safety belts.

49. Scan the Road Ahead
 Teenager should be very vigilant and sincere on
roads to identify and avoid potentially reckless
drivers and hazards on the road

50. Speed Management
 We must ensure that our Teenagers control speed
& responds to speed limit signs, and also to adjust
speed to different climatic situations.

51. Help your teenager
anticipate the
actions of other
drivers.
Drivers have three
seconds to respond
to a hazard; one to
recognise and two
to react.
Ask your teenager
to point out risky
situations and
discuss how to
avoid the dangers.
Hazard Detection and Response

52. Mobile Phone Management
 Routinely turn off and put away your mobile phone
before starting the car.
 For an urgent call stop the car.

53. Avoiding Distractions
 Encourage your teenager to fully concentrate on driving & avoid
activities that take the focus off the road, including eating, drinking,
reaching for an object, reading billboards or adjusting/programming
electronics.

54. Keeping their Distance
from the vehicle in front
 Maintain a minimum 3 sec distance bet” the cars.
 Instruct them to watch the rear bumper of the car in front
pass an object, then ask him to count out loud for three to
four seconds before his or her car passes the same object.

55. Even this may be an
underestimation!!
 Institute of Road Traffic Education (2006) –
estimated 1.4 million serious RTAs/yr while only
0.4 million were recorded.
 WHO in Global Status Report on Road Safety
(2009) – Maximum deaths in RTAs in India than in
the world, including China.
(Indian Journal of Neurotrauma (IJNT) 2008, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 63-67)

56.  This data confirms the relevance of this issue.
 It identifies clear gaps and opportunities
 I hope – it inspires you for action.
 It’s the time NOW

57. Road Safety Bill 2015

59.  “Despite our best efforts, the
Bill (Road Transport and
Safety Bill, 2015) which we
made could not be
introduced in Parliament.
This is a difficult problem for
us. The Act falls in the
purview of concurrent list
and both state governments
and the Centre have rights.
Different lobbies are there
who are opposing the Bill,”
said the Road Transport and
Highways Minister.

60. Shri Narendra Modi Ji
 In his monthly nationwide radio address on Sunday,
Modi expressed concern over the fact that a person dies
on India’s roads every four minutes and pleaded for
Indians to drive safely.
 “Just two days ago, a scooterist in Delhi lay on the
road for ten minutes and no one came to help him,”
Modi said in his address. “People keep asking me to
speak about road safety. And when one looks at the
statistics, the heart is shaken.”

61. The government will introduce the Road Transport and
Safety Bill in parliament and implement a related plan to
make roads safer in the country, he said.

63. Road Safety Slogans

64. Road Safety Slogans
• Life's short, don't rush it.
• Chance takers sometimes be accident
makers!
• If you want to stay married, divorce speed.
• Mountains are pleasure if you drive with
leisure.

65. • Alert today - Alive
tomorrow.
• Speed Thrills But Kills.
• Better be Mister Late
than to be Late Mister
• Its s better a minute late
than "the late" .
Road Safety Slogans
The best car safety
device is a rear-view
mirror with a cop in it.

66. Total worldwide death toll of Tsunami of 2004
was about 2,30,000.
death toll of Road Accidents is 1,37,0000 !!!
5 Tsunamis are wiping out
lives from the world every year,
in the form of Road Accidents.
Nobody is noticing it !!!
Do you Know?

67.  Road accidents kill 382 in India every day.
 As many as 139,671 people lost their lives on
India’s roads during 2014.
 1,682 times more than terrorism
http://scroll.in/article/757365/road-accidents-kill-382-in-india-
every-day-1682-times-more-than-terrorism
Do you Know?

68. Human Task!
Now,
it is time for war
against Road accidents.
Are you ready?

70. जे दिन गये तुम्हदहिं बिनु िेखे,
ते बिरिंच नदहिं पारदहिं लेखे।
-
रामचररतमानस।
मािं कौशल्या, राम से कहती है - तुम्हें िेखे बिना
जो दिन गुजरे, प्रजापपता ब्रह्मा उन्हें मेरी आयु में
न जोडें।
" वृद्धावस्था कष्ट है, िररद्रता का जीवन कष्टप्रि है,
पुत्र शोक महाकष्ट है, क्षुधा ( भूख ) सिसे िडा कष्ट
है।"
महाभारत।
ककसी पररवार में वृद्ध माता-पपता के जवान,
आजीपवका के स्त्रोत पुत्र की असामययक मृत्यु,पूरे
पररवार को हर तरह से कष्टप्रि है ।