Major Causes of Road Accidents

Posted by David Brown on October 1st, 2019

Nearly 1.25 million people die in road crashes each year. According to report of Department of Transport of the UK there were total of 160,378 injuries caused by the road accidents in the UK. In these injuries total of 1,782 people died. Normally car crashes occur when people don't follow the traffic rules or don't take important safety measures while driving. For example, driving a faulty vehicle can result in serious personal injury or whiplash injury to passengers in the car. Moreover, you should also have license to drive your car so that you are eligible to drive your car on the roads. Moreover, You should also have personal insurance in order to keep yourself prepared for any financial loss.

Causes of Road Accidents:

Here are five of the most prominent causes of road accidents.

Mobile Phone Usage:

Using mobile phone while driving is extremely dangerous and results in severe road accidents. Nowadays, almost every third person is using mobile phones while driving, it distracts you from the driving and results in a road accident. According to a report by The National Safety Council, using mobile phone while driving leads to 1.6 million accidents worldwide each year. Approximately 390,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by texting while driving. Unfortunately, it is becoming very common in young generation to use mobile phones while driving and the number of accidents are increasing day by day.

Driving in Bad Weather:

It goes without saying that bad weather is very dangerous for driving. Espacially, the risk of accident increases up to a great extent when there is a heavy sno on roads in winter. Because the snow makes the roads slippery and friction between the road and tyres is almost equal to none, which increases the chances of getting into an accident. So, it's better to think twice before making a plan to drive in bad weather.

Distraction in Driving:

Distraction in driving can have serious consequences because driving requires a full attention on the roads and any type of distraction can divert your attention from the road. There can be a multiple types of distractions, like using mobile phones (as mentioned above), listening loud music, talking to the persons sitting with you etc. It is extremely important to keep your eyes and attention on the roads while driving to avoid any accident.

Driving Under Influence:

Driving Under Influence is basically another name for drunk driving. It is illegal in almost every country of the world to drive after drinking. It is one of the main reasons for such a large number of accidents heppening on daily basis. Driving Under Influence (DUI) is considered a serious crime and there are strict laws regarding such a criminal act. If you are charged with DUI, you need a DUI Defense Attorney to get you out of jail. So, It is very important to avoid driving when you are under the influence of alcohol.

Over Speeding:

I don't want to sound like captain obvious by saying that it is dangerous to do over speeding. Alomst every person is familiar with the consequences of overspeeding. It not only increases the chances of accident for you but can also be a cause of death for someone else, e.g. any person passing by the road. There are strict laws for overspeeding and people are charged with heavy fines for overspeeding but still a large number of youngsters drive at a very high speed.

Conclusion:

In the above written article, I have mentioned 5 of the most prominent causes of car crashes on the roads. There are a number of other reasons that are also responsible for accidents on the roads. People should take safety measures while driving. They should always fasten their seat belts, avoid driving in bad weather, properly check their car to ensure that the car they are driving is not faulty etc. because the one single mistake by a driver can result in loss of many precious lives.