Safety Of Roads Using A Modeling Technique

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.