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Abstract
Road accident in India is increasing despite recent legislative amendments, awareness programmes and enforcements of traffic rules. Road users behavior has been found to be the primary reason of accidents in 70% to 90% cases. An attempt has been made in this paper to elaborate the actions taken by the Tamil Nadu State Government and its impact on road accidents. The awareness about wearing helmets and stringent actions against the rule defaulter were made positive result in reducing the Road Accidents and fatalities during 2017 in TamilNadu.