Road traffic injuries and deaths related to such injuries are a major public health challenge that has been often neglected around the world. Globally, nearly 1.25 million people die in road accidents each year. While the number of deaths due to road accidents has somewhat stabilised in high-income countries, the number of road accident fatalities in low- and middle-income countries has been rapidly increasing due to increased motorisation and population in addition to a lack of prevention tactics.
Apart from human loss, road accidents are also a major economic problem costing countries billions of dollars each year. Drunk driving, distractions while driving and speed are the most common risk factors while the use of helmets, seat belts and airbags clearly reduce the probability of mortality in road accidents. Of all the systems that we use on a daily basis, road traffic systems have…
