Impacts of Road Accidents

 IMPACTS OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

"More people die of road accidents than by most diseases, so much so the Indian highways are among the top killers of the country." - Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer

Road safety is a shared responsibility 

The impacts of traffic accidents are listed below:

• Traffic accidents have a devastating human toll and the economic impact of road crashes is enormous
• The impact of road accidents on individual, family and society in terms of morbidity, disability, economic and social fall-out, is immense and remains unrecognized
• The economic impact of injuries is huge and is estimated to cost approximately 5% of the GDP, with injuries due to road crashes alone accounting for 3 % of the GDP 
•  The mental and emotional injuries after a car accident include
•  mental anguish
• emotional distres
• fear
• anger
• humiliation
• anxiety
• shock
• embarrassment
• random episodes of crying
• loss of appetite
• weight fluctuations
• lack of energy
• sexual dysfunction
• mood swings and
• sleep disturbances.
•  93% of the world's fatalities on the roads occur in low- and middle-income countries, who have approximately 60% of the world's vehicles.
• Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death for children and young adults aged 5-29 years.