An accident is ... A traffic accident

Accident is an event that happened on the road while driving the vehicle (vehicle) and with his participation. As a result, people were injured, cars, structures, goods were damaged or other material damage was caused.

May 30, 1896, the first accident happened. It was in New York. Then they collided with an electric car and a bicycle, because of which a man was injured by a lower limb.

And what happens on the road today and how the rules regulate the incidents, we learn from the article.

The car is a means of increased danger

The TS itself carries a danger. Therefore, drivers should be aware of this and be especially careful. However, in reality, unfortunately, there are cases when people sit behind the wheel in a drunken state. Moreover, the statistics showed that even those drivers who listen to music while driving are more likely to exceed the permitted speed and, as a result, are more likely to get into an accident. This is due to the reduced attention to the traffic situation.

Other violations of the rules, which increase the risk of getting into an accident, are:

• Telephone conversations;
• Disregard of seat belts;
• Operation of a faulty vehicle;
• Excessive fatigue of the driver;
• smoking;
• food;
• Adjustment of electronic devices.

Getting into an accident is not the basis for the onset of legal liability. But when or because of it, the law is violated. In accordance with its norms comes administrative or criminal liability.

Participants of road traffic

This category includes people who participated in the movement. It's a driver, a passenger, a pedestrian.

The drivers are not only the person who manages any vehicle, but also the drivers of the herd, the mounts, which they lead along the road. Also this person who is only learning to drive.

Pedestrians are people who were not inside the vehicle and did not work on the road. In addition to people walking along the street, they are cyclists, wheelchair users without motor, people carrying sledges, stroller. People who work on the road do not belong to pedestrians. For this, security measures must be taken for them.

Unfortunately, people suffer when accidents happen. Accidents can occur with or without victims. The person who died as a result of the accident on the spot or within seven days after the death is the victim. The injured person is a person who was injured, which required hospitalization for a period of at least 24 hours.

Let's highlight the main distinguishing features that occurred with the participation of a car accident:

• It always happens with the participation of people;
• Occurs on the road;
• There are negative consequences.

Classification

Accidents can be of different types. Consider the main ones.

1. In the event of a collision, the vehicles collide with each other, by a moving train or by another train on the railway. Collisions are lateral, passing and oncoming.
2. When the vehicle rolls over, talk about overturning. It can occur as a result of bad weather, a malfunction of the car, improper attachment and placement of cargo, or due to a violation of the rules.
3. Another type of events involving a car accident is a collision with an obstacle. In this case, the TS strikes a static object or hits it.
4. A pedestrian trip can happen both on the road and on the roadside.
5. A bicycle rides in when the latter is moving.
6. An attack on an animal is considered perfect when the vehicle has hit him or when the beast himself hit the car and at the same time people were injured or property damage was inflicted.
7. Hitting a cartage, when the animals also moved in a harness or themselves hit the vehicle.
8. Some accidents - accidents, in which the passenger fell from a moving vehicle, - have their own peculiarities. They qualify as a passenger's fall in the event that other ways of distinguishing accidents from this case are not suitable.
9. In the rules there is an item "other kinds of road accidents". These are incidents that can not be attributed to the previous species, but at the same time have all the signs of a traffic accident.

Disruptive factors

The main factors that cause accidents are the following:

1. Dynamic impact due to an extremely abrupt stop of the vehicle.
2. Injury from debris or parts of the machine.
3. Long squeezing due to clamping parts of the vehicle.
4. Exposure to temperature and gases in case of fire or certain groups of substances with the participation of vehicles carrying dangerous goods.

Subjective and objective nature of the reasons

The causes of road accidents are divided into subjective and objective.

The first occur because of violation of traffic rules and safety rules and use of the vehicle.

The objective are:

• Poorly planned carriageways;
• Lack of lighting;
• Unsatisfactory condition of the road surface.

If the driver understands the causes of traffic accidents, their conditions, does the analysis, he becomes more law-abiding. The most effective preventive mechanisms are not theoretical lessons, but the analysis of real cases of accidents.

The driver can be overworked and fall asleep at the wheel. On the other hand, his inexperience can be affected and so on. Among the malfunctions of the vehicle most often to accidents result in non-working brakes, steering wheel, lights and other.

Road traffic

Violation of traffic rules is the main reason that leads to accidents. Any driver should know what traffic is. This is a very complex system of a social and technical nature, in which both drivers driving their vehicles and pedestrians participate. Some categories are subject to additional precautionary measures, for example, if dangerous goods are transported. But no additional documents should not contradict the traffic rules.

At the same time, it is important to understand that road traffic is not limited to the roads on which the machine is moving. The accident will be qualified as such, if it happened in the yard, in a closed area, in a parking lot and even in a field.

Because of what happen an accident

Statistics show the following:

• Most often, accidents occur because of the control of the vehicle in a state of intoxication (25%).
• Due to the excess of the speed allowed by law, 17% of accidents happen.
• Due to incorrect rebuilding, as well as maneuvering, turning or turning, up to 9% of accidents occur.
• As a result of violation of the rules established by the rules, 15% of accidents happen.

In addition, it is not uncommon for a safe distance between the vehicle, the order of travel, sudden braking, a signal before rebuilding or other maneuvering, and so on.

Accident clearance

If the accident had serious consequences, then an operative group, an investigator for conducting criminal cases, experts and doctors will leave for the scene. In case of an accident without a victim, one DPS officer is sufficient.

Either way, the inspector prepares the initial documentation, where all the circumstances of the incident must be recorded. Therefore, the participants, including the culprit of the road accident, as well as eyewitnesses, render assistance at the same time.

The primary documents include the following:

• Scheme of road accidents ;
• Explanations of participants;
• reference;
• Site inspection report;
• The technical state of the vehicle;
• Sobriety control protocol;
• Document that fixes material evidence.

If the incident has been done without the wounded and dead, and the damage amounts to no more than 500 minimal salaries, administrative responsibility arises. Otherwise, a criminal case is initiated, and the perpetrator will be responsible for the criminal act. Although even if the case is sent to criminal proceedings, the parties can agree, and the injured party has the right to apply for the termination of the ML. In spite of the fact that only the court appoints compensation to the victims, the perpetrator can voluntarily reimburse the damage caused.

For investigation, as well as if an auto-technical examination is carried out (or an independent examination of an accident), a complete package of the following documents is required:

• All the primary documents mentioned above;
• Protocol for control of sobriety using a tube or other technical means;
• The investigator's decision or the court's ruling;
• Objects for research;
• When conducting - the protocol of the investigative experiment;
• Reference of meteorological service;
• Certificate of the road profile;
• Information about traffic lights;
• Protocols of witness interrogations.

Best of all, if the participants of the incident personally write explanations after they step away from the shock. Though it can be done by witnesses.

After an accident, the insurance company will decide on the issue of payments and reimbursement.

Conclusion

Accidents sometimes occur and regardless of any particular road user. Nevertheless, most of them can be avoided. After all, if all drivers are aware of the increased danger of the vehicle on the road and will follow all the rules, many accidents with human casualties will not happen.