Causes of Road Accidents
A Shared Responsibility Road accidents mostly happen as result of recklessness, carelessness, overconfidence and illiteracy among others, exhibited by drivers, not respecting road safety regulations, jumping the red light, wrong overtaking especially on the highways, and in cities like Accra and Kumasi.... Read More More News »...
Discussing Road Accidents in Malaysia
Road accidents are global tragedies with an ever-raising trend. In Malaysia, it represents a major public problem because of the high number of victims involved and also the seriousness of the consequences for the victim themselves and to their families. Accidents are generally classified as single vehicle accidents in which the vehicle is either colliding with fixed objects or with pedestrians Besides that, the vehicle may fall in a ditch and multiple vehicle accidents in which two or more than…...
An Road Accident
It looked as if a storm was approaching. I was standing at a cross-road traffic junction, waiting to cross the road. I have always observed that particular cross-road to be extremely busy, with vehicles constantly on the move. I was headed towards the bus stop across the street, so I turned in the opposite direction of the cross-road to see if my bus was coming. As I turned back to have a look at the cross-road, I saw a flashy…...
Road Accidents Malaysia
Nowadays, road accidents are very common in Malaysia. Everyday we read newspaper we also can saw many news about there are many peoples involved in the road accidents. First of all, what is means by road accidents? Road accidents are means that when some automobile crash together or the vehicle crash on the side of the road or the peoples at the road. According to the sources from Royal Malaysian Police (n.d), there is a statistic mentioning the number of…...
Road accidents
Road accidents have been and will continue to be one of the greatest health hazards. Statistically, it has been shown that the number of death and injuries due to road accidents. It has been increasing steadily. Why these road accidents, occurring in our daily routines? Is they forgot road safety rules? There are many causes of road accidents but, personally, I think the most important factor which contributes to road accidents is the irresponsibility of the drivers. Drivers must at…...
Causes of Road Accident in Kelantan Malaysia
INTRODUCTION Road safety is a primary concern and goal of highway and traffic engineers worldwide. The road network in Pengkalan Chepa Kelantan exhibits relatively high traffic volumes particularly in rural areas. Kelantan is one of the state in terms of having higher numbers of road accidents leading to a relatively high number of fatalities and injuries. In the past few years in particular, the number of registered vehicles in Kelantan has considerably increased. As a result, traffic volumes and Vehicle…...
Road Accident Anlaysis
ABSTRACT Background: Traffic mishaps rank fifth among the leading cause of deaths in Malaysia. The nation is strained with more than ten billion ringgit of losses due to traffic mishaps every year. Despite implementation of numerous intervention procedures throughout the years, the number of traffic accidents continues to rise. For instance, the number of traffic accidents in the year 2007 was approximately two times the number of mishaps tape-recorded in 1997. Objectives: The aim of this paper is to provide…...