Analysis of Road Traffic Fatalities

Abstract

All events in traffic contain some kind of interaction but of course to a varying extent. There is an interaction between the road users contains communication. Accidents and serious conflicts indicate such total breakdown in the interaction. These are often due to breakdowns in the communication. An accident could be defined as unplanned and uncontrolled event in which action and reaction of an object, substances and person results in to personal injury or damage to property.

The problems of road accidents have been increasing day by day resulting in increase of both social and economic loss to the country. The accidents percentage has been highest in Chennai in Tamilnadu. Hence in this study an attempt is made to study the road accidents in a systematic approach.Predominantly human factors are considered to be the major cause of accidents; however this study attempts to highlight other causes of accidents and to reduce the accidents through systems approach. The main objective of the study is to identify the various causes for road accidents in selected stretches in Chennai City and to develop the System Dynamics simulation model for the prevailing conditions.