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A Review on Indian Traffic Scenario and Its Implication on Pedestrians

Author(s):

S Austin Moses , A.D. Patel Institute of Technology

Keywords:

RTI, HMC, NHTSA

Abstract

In India the same road space gets used by cars buses, rickshaws, motorcycles, bicycles, and animal and men driven pushcarts. Each year, thousands of pedestrians are hit by motor vehicles. Lower extremity injury is the majority of the injury that takes place among all other body damages. Pedestrian accident readings have shown that the most common causes of serious injuries were impacts of the legs with the bumper. Among all leg damages knee injury is most crucial and costly.This paper summarizes the research literature referred relative to the road safety issues in India and injuries caused to a pedestrian.

Other Details

Paper ID: IJSRDV3I30304
Published in: Volume : 3, Issue : 3
Publication Date: 01/06/2015
Page(s): 491-495

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