Main Cause of accidents/road safety

[inoymuninoy]

The main reason of road accidents is: Lack of driving knowledge, Overspeeding, drunk driver, and unsafe roadway.

[acener]

There are few basic things that are responsible for road accidents. Like
Over speeding
Lane Discipline
Traffic signal violation
Under age drivers

What you think except these things that are causing road accidents?

You may have observed that everyone is in hurry while on road. How many of you leave for for your work or college before time ? I think when someone is leaving for office/college at time then he/she would be in hurry that can also be a cause of accident. There is not even a single road where accident does not occur daily. Thousands of people die each year during these accidents. How can we reduce road accidents?
What are the main factors responsible for accidents in your country ? In my country mostly traffic signal violation.

The main problem that causes accidents would probably be the undisciplined drivers and pedestrians. We cannot always blame the construction or engineering of a certain road, bridge or tunnel. At the end of the day, it always comes down to the fault of man.

[Anonaneadone]

in my country, the most dominant cause of accident is driving while using cellphones. and the second one is driving while drunk. you cant multitask while driving because you need to focus on the road. and also they must know that they cant drive while drunk because they are sleepy and dizzy

[shiki3226]

Distracted driving is one of the main cause for road accidents. Driving requires focus and undivided attention and if a person will try to multitask, it slows down the reflexes and senses.

[unya]

I believe that the main cause is reckless driving (including speedy gozaleses and such, distracted drivers and drivers who believe thay are smarter then everybody else on the road). Then, probably, negligence of road traffic management. And then there's DWI.

[shiki3226]

Another cause for road accidents is driving under the influence of alcohol. Lack of sleep is another culprit especially if a person has a health condition like narcolepsy that causes a person to sleep suddenly without any control of it.

[RoronoaJorah]

Lack of discipline, not following traffic rules, in considerate toward others, drinking alcohol, irresponsible and lack of awareness...these are the main cause of accident.

[yaloyalo]

Cars are stupid!
Ride a bike!

[burong1]

I think one of the reason is those drivers doesn't have concentration to the wheels that's why a lot of accidents happen and even they are Not following the rules and the drivers are so reckless ..

[Cordillera]

Road accidents are very common in Philippines and the known reasons of this problem was "Human Error" Either they are drunk, or they are over speeding,lack of sleep, underage or unhealthy. But sometimes some drivers are not knowledgeable about how to drive, they do not know the road signs or even their "right and left . Road accidents are sometimes minor but suddenly mostly are horrible. Some problem also are falls into unsafe manner, they are not following traffic rules. 

[EastSound]

Cars are stupid!
Ride a bike!

your chances of instantly dying in bike accidents are high though.

probably the main cause of road accidents are mostly drivers are drunk i think the reports on drunk driving are high

[Cloak1]

I think the main cause of accident is drivers lost concentration. The drivers don't focus on the condition of the road since they make a call or receive a call while driving.  Other causes, because the drivers read a document, a short message, see the events around the road for a long time, or set up the audio device . The last but not the least,  they may get tired and fall asleep.

[astridplomp]

one of the reason our country has so many accidents nowaday is because people are low educated and too subjective, and dont focus on driving, moreover drinking too much alcohol can lead to accidents.

[DMiracle1]

Ignorance of the law is also one reason of road accident. Drivers often say when they were apprehended, that they do not know that it's prohibited or forbidden to do this or to do that or they did not see the traffic signs. Sometimes they even question the man in uniform if one specific rule is legal or illegal. And then there's the arrogant drivers who drove with no deference to the pedestrians. Driving over the speed limit. They call themselves the "King of the road".
I highly recommend to the authorities to expel these kind of drivers to the street for the rest of their lives.

[ttbd]

If you don’t drive carefully, and you may end up in a needless car accident. That’s what often happens to reckless drivers who speed, change lanes too quickly or tailgate before causing a car accident. Reckless drivers are often impatient in traffic so be sure to take extra care around aggressive drivers.

[BitcoinNational]

deadly accident are mainly caused by alcohol. Lack of attention also. Using your mobile phone when you drive for example is a very bad idea. And I have the feeling that pretty everyones does it. I see a lot of people texting while driving; I don't even know how they do that

[christabits]

Road accident is most unwanted thing to happen to a road user, though they happen quite often. The most unfortunate thing is that we don't learn from our mistakes on road. Most of the road users are quite well aware of the general rules and safety measures while using roads but it is only the laxity on part of road users, which cause accidents and crashes. Main cause of accidents and crashes are due to human errors. We are elaborating some of the common behaviour of humans which results in accident.
1.Over Speeding
2.Drunken Driving
3.Distractions to Driver
4.Red Light Jumping
5.Avoiding Safety Gears like Seat belts and Helmets
6.Non-adherence to lane driving and overtaking in a wrong manner. Various national and international researches have found these as most common behavior of Road drivers, which leads to accidents

[christabits]

another thing that is causing accident is Over Speeding:
Most of the fatal accidents occur due to over speeding. It is a natural psyche of humans to excel. If given a chance man is sure to achieve infinity in speed. But when we are sharing the road with other users we will always remain behind some or other vehicle. Increase in speed multiplies the risk of accident and severity of injury during accident. Faster vehicles are more prone to accident than the slower one and the severity of accident will also be more in case of faster the severity of accident will also be more in case of faster vehicles. Higher the speed, greater the risk. At high speed the vehicle needs greater distance to stop i.e. braking distance. A slower vehicle comes to halt immediately while faster one takes long way to stop and also skids a long distance due to law of notion. A vehicle moving on high speed will have greater impact during the crash and hence will cause more injuries. The ability to judge the forthcoming events also gets reduced while driving at faster speed which causes error in judgment and finally a crash.

[christabits]

Distraction to Driver:
Though distraction while driving could be minor but it can cause major accidents.
Distractions could be outside or inside the vehicle. The major distraction now a days is talking on mobile phone while driving. Act of talking on phone occupies major portion of brain and the smaller part handles the driving skills. This division of brain hampers reaction time and ability of judgement. This becomes one of the reasons of crashes. One should not attend to telephone calls while driving. If the call is urgent one should pull out beside the road and attend the call. Some of the distractions on road are:
1.Adjusting mirrors while driving
2.Stereo/Radio in vehicle
3.Animals on the road
4.Banners and billboards.
The driver should not be distracted due to these things and reduce speed to remain safe during diversions and other kind of outside distractions.

[christabits]

Red Light jumping:
It is a common sight at road intersections that vehicles cross without caring for the light. The main motive behind Red light jumping is saving time. The common conception is that stopping at red signal is wastage of time and fuel. Studies have shown that traffic signals followed properly by all drivers saves time and commuters reach destination safely and timely. A red light jumper not only jeopardizes his life but also the safety of other road users. This act by one driver incites other driver to attempt it and finally causes chaos at crossing. This chaos at intersection is the main cause of traffic jams. Eventually everybody gets late to their destinations. It has also been seen that the red light jumper crosses the intersection with greater speed to avoid crash and challan but it hampers his ability to judge the ongoing traffic and quite often crashes.