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Essay On Traffic Accidents In Pakistan

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Profile of Road Traffic Accidents In Karachi – Autopsy Based One Year Study Introduction The automobile entered the transport market in the early part of the twentieth century. Increased motorized vehicles provide the mobility and convenience and has effect of encouraging people to drive from the limitations of their geography. They have made the positive impacts on social life, commerce, and businesses. The development in auto industries and paved roads has narrowed the gap between rural and urban life. The enhanced pace for moving vehicles has radically changed city life by accelerating the “outward” dealings. (1) Among all transportation accidents, RTAs are a counter product of increasing motorization, and hasty life and considered as …show more content…

It has been observed that the resources of dealing with drastic trauma and major accidents are declining in trauma centers and hospitals. Measuring the progress in number of registered vehicles in 15 years from 2000 to 2015, Pakistan Economic Survey 2015-2016 (8) reports a remarkable increase (268%) in the number of total registered motor vehicles which was 4,701,600 in 2000 and in 2015 the number of registered vehicles attain 17,317,600. From 2000 to 2015 , there has been a 439% increase in the number of registered motor cycle( 2 wheels), a 413% increase in the number of registered motor cycle ( 3 wheels)(Rickshaws), a 114% increase in the number of registered motor cars, jeeps and station wagon, a 95% increase in motor cabs/taxis, a 48% increase in the number of registered buses, a 73% increase in the number of registered trucks, and a 88% increase in the number of registered other

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