Principles of Transportation Engineering

According to the WHO about 1.35 million people die each year in road traffic deaths on world’s roads. There are about 54% are considered vulnerable road users. And 22 countries only had amended their laws to bring them in the line with the best practice on one or more key risk factors for traffic injuries between over the past 3 years. For more than a decade, road accidents remained as one of the major public health program based on WHO statistics Data for accident analysis can be collected from: POLICE RECORDS MEDICAL RECORDS ROAD HIGHWAY PATROL UNITS HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCHERS CLASSIFICATIONS OF ACCIDENTS: FATAL INJURY PROPERTY DAMAGE MAIN CAUSE OF ROAD ACCIDENTS: Based on the Transport Department of Jharkland, the main cause of road accidents are due to human error. Most of the road users are aware of general rules and safety measures but the laxity on the part that cause accidents and crashes. Among these are: Over speeding Drunk driving carelessness Reckless driving Disregard of traffic rules Traffic/highway capacity Refers to the ability of the road to accommodate the traffic volume per unit of time.