Road Traffic Accident is any vehicular accident happening on the roadway i.e. initiating on, involving a vehicle partially on the roadway. Road traffic injuries are one of the important reasons of death in the world. This includes collision of an automobile with a, rider / pillion rider / driver / passengers/pedestrian or another automobile or with a non-automobile on the roadway or fall from a moving vehicle causing injuries or death of the individuals is involved (Kumar D.R.,2013). Road traffic grievances are a major but neglected public health challenge that requires intensive efforts for effective and sustainable prevention. Of all the systems with which people have to deal every day, road traffic systems are the most complex and the most dangerous.

Worldwide, an estimated 1.2 million people are killed in road crashes each year and as many as 50 million are injured. Road traffic injuries are the eighth foremost cause of death for all age groups. More than half of all road traffic deaths are among vulnerable road users: pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists. Road traffic injuries are now the foremost cause of death for children and young adults aged 5 to 29 years. The number of deaths on the world’s roads remains unsatisfactorily high, with an assessed 1.35 million people dying each year (WHO.2018). Drivers’ fault accounted for 78% of total accidents, 76.5% of total injuries, and 73.7% of total fatalities in 2013 (Singh S.K .2017).

Mysore is most tourism magnetism palace city and second largest city in the state of Karnataka. Mysore is located 135 km from Bangalore, the state capital. It is the headquarters of the Mysore district and the Mysore division and lies about 146 km (91 mi) southwest of Bangalore, the capital of the state. The city is spread across an area of 128.42 sq.km (50 sq mi) and is situated at the base of the Chamundi Hills. Mysore is located at 76°39'E and 76°42'E longitude and 12°18'N and12°30'N latitude and has an average altitude of 770 meters (2,526 ft). It is located in the southern region of the state of Karnataka. Mysore city has 65 wards and the total population is 8,85,416 (census of India, 2011).

The existing two-lane road linking Mysore to the state capital Bangalore has been upgraded to a four-lane highway. This has reduced the travel time significantly. National Highway 212, and State Highways 17, 33, 88 passes through Mysore connecting it to nearby cities.

Toposheet surveyed 2005-06 and satellite images from Google Earth databases were used to digitize road networks in Mysore city. The secondary data of 2013 were also collected relating to accidents registered with Krishnaraja, Devaraja and Narasimaraja Traffic Police stations in Mysore city. The occurrences of accidents death location were plotted using ArcGIS 10.3 software.

The accidents occur due to several factors. However, an accident’s severity may even lead to the death of the occupants. The locations of accidents that resulted in the death of the passengers in Mysore City in the year 2013 are shown in Figure 1.

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The month-wise accidents resulting in deaths have been presented in table 1 The corresponding Figure 2 shows that January, May, and July in the year 2013 have recorded the highest number of deaths and the month of March, November, and December have a comparatively lower rate of deaths. Figure 3shows the location of 141 people who died in the year 2013 at 132 locations across the City out of which 120 were male passengers and 21 were female passengers. The majority of these accidents were found to have occurred in the central part of the City and at various junctions in the state highways.

The main reasons for these severe accidents to result in the death of the passengers were due to alcohol consumption while driving and the improper crossing of the pedestrians. In the year 2013, almost 48 pedestrians had died due to the accidents mainly due to careless crossings of the road.

The analysis shows that the distribution of road traffic accidental deaths. Moreover, in Mysore city road traffic accidents deaths are relatively higher in January-February, April-May and July months which shows that extreme negligence of travelers impacts the existence of road traffic accidents. There are several factors responsible for accidents but drivers’ fault is the most important factor. Road traffic accidents are growing at an alarming rate, causing the loss of valuable work force and resources. Utmost of them caused by human mistakes, and they can be prevented by providing road safety education to all. Improvement of roads, streetlights and displaying of traffic signs needed.