An article about car accidents

Traffic accidents, their causes and solutions

Become a traffic accidents are greatly concern and concern for all members of society, and became one of the most important problems that drain the resources of material and human resources and target communities in the most important necessities of life which is the human element in addition to the incurred problems of social, psychological and huge material losses, which become necessary for work on solutions and suggestions and put in place to reduce these accidents or at least address the causes and mitigate its negative effects.

As is well known to everyone, the elements that share the responsibility in traffic accidents is the driver (human element) and the road and the vehicle, and the building of the World Health Organization, harvested traffic accidents killed more than a million people a year, and wounding thirty-eight million people (five million of them injuries serious).


Definition of the traffic incident:

Traffic accident is an event interceptor occur without prior planning by a car (vehicle) and with one or more cars (vehicles) or pedestrians or other animals or objects on public or private road. And is typically caused by traffic accident damage varies from minor to property and vehicles to the grave lead to death or permanent disability.



Irrigated types of accidents:

Collision between the cars facing (face to face).
Collision in the form of angle (a collision between cars at intersections).
Collision from the rear (cars going in the same direction).
Both sides of the collision.
Collisions during the rotation (bypass).
Rammed a parked car.
Shocked the body constant.
Accident for one car (usually a coup or lost control of the car).
Run over pedestrians.
Rammed a bicycle.
Shocked animal.



Causes of traffic accidents:

Fatigue and driver fatigue.
The driver is busy driving.
Non-compliance with traffic regulations.
Reckless driving.
Lack of maintenance of the car (vehicle) or examined.
Road conditions (the work on the road, dangerous curves, the lack of safety factors).
Weather conditions (rain, fog, sand).



Statistics and figures on accidents and traffic violations give an idea about the traffic situation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the past years
And stresses the responsibility of the human element in the problems of traffic accidents and violations, which lies on the ways our beloved country.

Where a large percentage of traffic accidents is the responsibility of their occurrence on the driver.
As an analytical study conducted by the Department over the Holy City to identify the causes of traffic accidents which are defined as serious incidents in the capital of the Holy limited to, the reasons to be agreed with most of the researchers and those interested in the problems of traffic in the proportion (85%) of the traffic accidents caused by the human element

And more factors that lead to traffic accidents are:

1. Exceeded the speed limit.
2. Lack of efficiency of the driver ..
3. Lack of efficiency of processing and transportation (vehicle).
4. Traffic violation.
5. Lack of attention and focus from the driver.
6. Leadership in climatic conditions is appropriate.
7. Leadership in the cases of strong emotional and psychological.



The fact that the driver is the rational element in a controlled and how to deal with the vehicle and the road, the greatest responsibility falls on him in avoiding or being in a crash. So shall and specialists interested in traffic safety research and study how to help the driver avoid accidents in traffic, as well as protection of the passengers and those with him from the extreme seriousness of accidents.