Study on Variation in Accident with Population and Deaths Variation with Registered Vehicles

Each year more than 1.2 million people die in road accident around the world. The majority of the accident (about 52%) is of cyclist, bikers and cars. The traffic accident situation in Hissar police station boundary as well as India is really alarming and the loss of lives and property damages are expected to continue if proper corrective measure are not taken accordingly by applying proper engineering measure through extensive research and investigations. This paper presents the various aspects of traffic accidents in Hissar city, Haryana, India. Data on accident were collected from Hissar, SP office in the city for three years 2012, 2013, 2014. It was found that a total 255 accidents occurred during this period. Almost 30 per cent victims were between ages 22 to 35 years. Bus and truck accidents comprise 23 per cent road accidents. Therefore, this paper deals with the variation in accident with population and deaths variation with registered vehicles models to and the simultaneous influence of human factors, road, vehicle, weather condition and traffic features including traffic volume and flow speed on the crash severity in urban highways. Obtained results illustrate that the variable such as highways width, head-on collision, type of vehicle at fault, ignoring lateral clearance, following distance, inability to control the vehicle, violating the permissible velocity and deviation to left by drivers are most significant factors that increase crash severity in urban highways. Most of the cities in India are witnessing phenomenon of ever increasing growth of vehicular traffic due to population explosion coupled with large scale socio-economic activities. Rapid growth of population coupled with increased economic activities has resulted in tremendous growth of motor vehicles. Traffic accident related deaths and injuries result in not only substantial economic losses but also serious physical and mental sufferings. Many researchers including smeed have devoted their research to the area of road accident and reported pioneering work on the analysis of road accident. Developing countries are much more affected from traffic accidents than developed countries. The highway network is accelerated at a fast rate and the safety of vehicular movements becomes a concern for everybody due to reporting of loss of lives and properties along with fatal injuries and periodical obstruction of traffic flow. National highways provide the efficient mobility and accessibility function. The increasing road accidents have created social problems due to loss of lives and human miseries. Road accidents are essentially caused by interactions of the vehicles, road users and roadway conditions. Each of these basic elements comprises a number of sub elements like pavement characteristics, geometric features, traffic characteristics, road user's behavior, vehicle design, driver's characteristics and environmental aspects. Causation of accidents can be well understood with help of analysis of accident statistics, which can provide clues to many factors of road accidents. Many researchers have devoted their research to the area of road accident and reported pioneering work on the analysis of road accidents.