Following are the Guidelines for Road Users

Road Traffic Accidents, Causes and Preventions

Types of Road Accidents:

  Longitudinal –Collision Accidents
  Transversal -Collision Accidents
  Skid-on-Road Accidents

Causes of Road Traffic Accidents:

  Error of Driver.
  Surrogate driving.
  Over-loading/Over-speeding.
  Absence of traffic control devices.
  Absence of traffic police personal for regulation of traffic on important & crucial junctions.

  Absence of parapet walls, crash barriers, road signs etc.
  Poor road engineering and Bad road conditions.

Prevention of Road Traffic Accidents:

  Ban on use of Mobile phones while driving a vehicle.
  Use of seat belts & protective headgears (Helmets).
  Establishment of authorized service stations in rural/hilly areas.
  Regulation of services on effective time table to avoid missing of services.
  Checking of over-loading/over-speeding and other violations and strict enforcement of traffic laws.
  Organizing of Road safety programmes by involving District Administration, Educational Institutions,      

   NGOs, Transport association and Drivers etc.
  Entrusting of Investigation & Prosecution of road accidents by Traffic Police and strict action against

   delinquent responsible traffic personal

Road Traffic Accident Management:

  Establishment of Trauma units.
  Establishment of call help centre.
  Establishment of Quick Rescue Teams (QRTs).
  Creation of Passenger Welfare Fund/Corpus Fund.
  Constitution of Road Safety Counsils.