Use GPS to collect precise data on road accidents, recommends govt panel
An expert committee set up by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has recommended a new format, which includes use of GPS, to collect more precise data on road accidents. New Delhi: An expert committee set up by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has recommended a new format, which includes use of GPS, to collect more precise data on road accidents. However, our study revealed that 50 per cent of victims of road accidents in Delhi are pedestrians while the figure goes to 65 per cent in Mumbai,” said Geetam Tiwari, an IIT professor, who was a part of the panel. Kirti Saxena, senior advisor with the Transport Research Wing of the MoRTH, said the earlier data recording system does not take into consideration aspects like engineering defects, road surface conditions, over-loading and condition of vehicles.
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