The Leading Causes of Accidents

1. Unsafe Lane Changes

source:http://www.safeny.ny.gov/roadrule.htm

Unsafe lane changes can occur when you make a lane change too quickly without signaling or starting to signal after you began the lane change. Unsafe lane changes usually happened on driver who lack of patience. The point is that unsafe lane changes cause car accidents that come with damaging consequences.
2. Wrong Way Driving 

source: http://www.automotiveit.com/app-prototype-provides-wrong-direction-alert/news/id-009173

Wrong way direction is the driver are driving against the direction of traffic. When you are entering a roadway and driving in a wrong direction, you might cause a horrible crash or traffic jam. Wrong way driving is a serious problem when high speed involved. Usually, people intentionally drive in wrong way direction because they missed the exit or looking for shortcut road. It is a dangerous when there's vehicle coming from the opposite road and it might cause in car accident.
3. Tailgating

source: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-2704315/Ten-worst-motorway-tailgating-hotspots-revealed.html

Tailgating is when a driver driving too close with the car in front and literally riding up on its tail. According to the rules of road, there must have a safe distance between two vehicles. When you driving too close with the car in front, you might not react fast. When you cannot avoid hitting another vehicle, it may cause car accident. Sometimes, when a driver is getting tailgated by another driver, the person in front gets angry at the person behind them and sometimes will “tap” their brakes (just to get the brake lights to go on) in an attempt to get the tailgater to back off and use a safer following distance. This is a very dangerous move.

4. Improper Turns 

source: http://sharnovlaw.com/handling-improper-turn-ticket-ny/

There are various types of improper turns that can cause a car accident. 

Examples of Improper Turns That Can Lead To Car Accidents:

Turning when there is a “No Turn on Red” sign at a red light.

Turning at a stop sign or red light without coming to a complete stop or yielding to traffic.

Making a left at a red light where doing so is prohibited.

Turning without signaling.

Turning without having the right of way.

To prevent a car accident, always look for signs and obey the proper right way before you make a turn. 

Poon Wai Yan (14WHR10720)
Publicity Department
'Promise Me' Road Safety Campaign
Bachelor of Public Relations (Honours)
Faculty of Social Science, Arts and Humanities
Tunku Abdul Rahman University College