Accident is an unplanned or unfortunate miss happening, occurrence or event which can occur unknowingly at any time or place. Such kinds of event are destined to occur and lack any kind of intention, wish or requirement behind them.
However, both the accidents and their adverse effects are wrong or negative occurrences which usually are tried to be prevented by others. The circumstances that may lead to severe accidental situations are tried to be avoided with steps and measures taken for controlling the causes of accidents.
Many people suffer severe injuries from accidents and some of them even loose their lives.
1. Auto Crash Statistics
Statistics revealed that 72% of the total accidents of a city occurred in daylight and 17% of them occurred on Friday. They also revealed estimated score of 195 crashes a day, 8 crashes in an hour and 1 crash every seven minutes. Near about 100 people are injured each day.
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2. Beware Bikers
Various researches have resulted in conclusions that people riding on motorbikes are 35 times more prone to accidents as compared to car drivers. Some of the most common reasons for bike accidents to be bad weather conditions, driving faster than recommended, ignorance of the traffic rules, biker under drug or alcohol influence, etc.
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3. Truck Accidents
The total numbers of accidents that are caused by trucks every year are estimated to be 5,061. A guesstimated number of 87 people are killed as a result of accidents involving trucks. Shocking but truth deduced by veterans from the study suggested that nearly 84.7% of the total truck accidents occur in ‘normal’ weather conditions.
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4. Why Truck Crashes Occur
There is a rapid increase in the accidents involving trucks and near about 362 pedestrians and 87 cyclists are killed, every year. Around 41% of the drivers disclosed minor fatigue, inattention or pressure from the work associates to be the reason behind the accidents.
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5. Ladder Type Accidents
The approximate number of accidents caused in an year by the portable stepladder are 8,959, by frame ladder are 8,528, by learning ladder are 5,699 and other types of ladders are nearly 3,198. Males are 2 times more prone to ladder type of accident in comparison to females.
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6. Neck And Back Injuries
The neck and back injuries scores at the highest position among the injuries caused by 28% of the total accidents yearly. The various sorts of neck and back injuries that occurs as a result of accidents includes herniated disc, spinal damage, compression fracture, soft tissue damage, whiplash injuries, etc.
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7. Danger To Pedestrian
Pedestrians are 1.5 times more prone to accidents than the other road occupants on every trip. Approximately 1289 pedestrians were involved in accidents as they failed to yield. However, the number was 239 cases were those where the driver failed to yield.
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8. Road Traffic Accident Injuries
The best insurance claims can be deduced from those accidents that led to both physical and general damages. The biggest claims can be fetch against injuries like the head injury, broken bones, spinal injuries, wounds, scars, torn ligaments and tendons, separated muscles, etc.
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9. Driving Danger Zone
The recommended measures to be taken after an accident includes staying calm, reporting to the police, helping the damaged vehicle and people get out of the traffic, exchanging information required for insurance etc, collecting witnesses phone numbers, collecting evidences i.e. clicking photographs and drawing diagrams, etc.
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10. Road Users Killed In 2010 vs 2011
Data gathered by the veterans shows a comparison between the various form of road users killed in year 2010 and 2011. It showed nearly 12% rise in the number of pedestrians, 4% decrease in the number of cyclists, 10% fall in bike riders, 6% rise in car occupants and 3% increase in other road users.
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11. 411 On Car Accidents
Assessments have also resulted in conclusions that 63% of male drivers are involved in accidents. However, the number of female drivers in this case remains less i.e. only 37%. They have also wrapped up the fact that age-group involving in most of the accidents is the 40-49 years group followed by 20-24 years.
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12. Cause And Prevention Of Motorcycle Accidents
Shocking results suggests that more than 90 people loose their lives in car accidents on daily basis. The top three accident causes includes the alcohol, speeding and reckless driving. Seatbelts can be regarded as the ‘preventers’ from accidents as they can put a stop to 45% of the death causing accidents and 50% of serious injuries.
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13. Avoid Distractions While Driving
The various distracting activities that results in severe accidents includes taking off your eyes from the road, texting while driving, taking off mind from driving, eating or drinking, attending phone calls, using GPS device, grooming or applying makeup, adjusting the radio, sleeping while driving.
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14. Road Accident Graph
A graph of a yearly detected data of various years from 2008 to 2012 showed an increase of road accident from year 2005 up till 2008. However, it decreased from year 2008 up till 2011 and again rose by 19% in year 2012.
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15. Injured Patients To Hospital
Approximately, 70,897 people are taken to hospital after an accident and 50,798 are hospitalized for more than three days. Nearly 95% of the people among the total suffer from head injuries. A year saw nearly 197 neck injuries cases, 237 throat injury patients and 791 shoulder injury patients.
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16 .Bathroom Injuries
The total number of injuries caused by bathroom accidents was recorded to be 234,000. The various injured body parts from bathroom injuries includes 31% of the head and neck injuries, 18% of the upper torso and 20% of lower torso injuries, 13% of arms and head and 17% of leg and foot injuries.
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17. Don’ts And Do’s After An Accident
People involving in an auto vehicle accident should not say anything to the other party till the arrival of the police on scenes. One should try to collect evidences. It is also severely dangerous to drive a damaged vehicle after the accident.
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18. Quit Texting While Driving And Over Speeding
Experts suggest that most of the accidents are caused as a result of high speeding and texting while driving. Statistics claimed that 52 million people from all over the globe receive a speeding ticket every year and 20% of people text while driving on regular basis and 52% of them are under 18 years of age.
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19. Handling The Auto Accident Claim
The first step is to call and mention about the auto accident to the insurance agent. This is followed by collecting evidences at the site along with the contact information of the witnesses. Medical check-up is must for getting claims.
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20. After A Car Accident
The most important thing is staying calm, checking oneself, moving vehicles on one side, informing the police, calling the ambulance for help if needed, exchanging information, gathering proofs and evidences, filling a report, visiting a medical centre.
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