Impact of Socio- Demographic factors on Road Accident : A study of Rural and Urban India.

The study examines a general but a serious problem of road accident death in India. Road accidents accounts for about 30 % taking place at the national highways and 44% at state highways and about 25% at the other roadways. In most road accidents mainly two wheelers are involved due to rash driving affecting the life of mainly young people. The present paper attempts to study and analyze the Impact of Socio- Demographic factors on Road Accident: A study of Rural and Urban India. ". Socio-demographic profile of road traffic injury, road safety measures, availability of first aid at the time of critically injured persons, impact of lighting and signage , traffic rules and licensing process , faulty number plates, liquor/drug consumption , working hours and fatigue of driving, Hypothetical statements have been made to test the empirical situation of study. As per records 1.3 M deaths occur per year globally and leaving at least 50 M people injured, where India alone contributes 11-12 % .Poor maintenance of vehicle and its design, poor road construction, faulty road engineering, rash driving, drunken driving, using mobile while driving are a few prominent causes of accidents on highways. India's socio-economic cost of road accidents amounts to 0.55–1.35% of the GDP. Finding of the study also reveals that demography plays important role in road accident. Similarly Fatigue of drivers and Faulty licensing system contribute majorly on road traffic accidents. To study this project N=1000 was collected from Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi & NCR by applying convenient sampling method . Measures of central tendency Mean, Median and Modes was used to calculate the average percentage.