For physical impacts, one who involved in road accident might be injured or even dead. Examples of physical impacts are bruises, cuts, burns, fractures, permanent loss of mobility and death. 

Psychological trauma is also a kind of road accident impacts. According to the findings from the book, “Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment” by Bruce Carruth, we can be certain that it’s normal for people to respond to trauma with shock, fear, grief, hopelessness, avoidance of related stimuli and even dissociation. The feelings of guilt, depression, anxiety or fear will keep haunting the victims of road accidents until the rest of his/her life, unless certain counseling or treatment is given. Otherwise, the victim will be having post-traumatic stress. When they dissociate or disconnect, they are actually protecting themselves from overwhelming painful stimuli.

For economic impacts, one will probably be in need of money to repair the damage of property, perhaps for medical bills as well. If one loses the ability to work after the accident, it might be quite a problem for the victim to sustain the cost of living. The economic impact is not only for individual but national as well. A nation with lots of road accident per year will be having loss of productivity as the number of casualty keeps increasing. Loss of community cohesion will eventually lead to economic collapse. 

The first tip is to follow traffic rules and regulations. Another thing that should be considered is to put on the seat belt while driving. Wearing seat belt would be annoying for many people. But, this is highly important, as wearing seat belt would decrease the chances of road accidents. Not only drivers, passengers including adults and kids are also recommended to put on seat belt. 

Further, one of the best ways to avoid car accidents is to be a defensive driver and try to avoid those aggressive driver. There are going to have driver who like to speed and cut other drivers off. The best thing to do when you meet those people is to try to get yourself away from them as soon as possible. If they are hooking their horn behind you, slow down and let them pass. Do not play games with them as it will make them become more aggressive.

Other than that, do not drink and drive. When you are drinking, you do not have the same abilities that you have when you are sober, and that includes the ability to drive safely. Your judgement and your vision are going to be affected. If you are going to drink, find alternate transportation. Take a taxi or a bus. Just do not drive your own car.

Above all, driving a quality car could also help to minimize road accidents. The last tip that I would be given is do not use your smart phone while you are driving. This is extremely distracting. When you are using the phone, your hand would not be on the steering wheel and might had the chance to lose control of your car and an accident would happen. So, if you really want to use your phone, use it when you are parked.