Road crashes are biggest cause of deaths due to unintentional injuries in India: report
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Road crashes are biggest cause of deaths due to unintentional injuries in India: report

The Hindu  

Road crashes are the biggest cause of deaths due to unintentional injuries in India, accounting for more than 43 per cent of such fatalities, with over-speeding being the leading reason, according to a new report. The three-day conference is being hosted by the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, George Institute for Global Health in collaboration with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences and is co- Continued action needed: experts Etienne Krug, Chair, International Organising Committee for World Conferences on Injury Prevention, WHO, highlighted the need for continued action to prevent road traffic deaths, falls and violence. "The global injury and violence prevention community has made good progress in building evidence on what works to prevent road traffic deaths, falls and violence against children and women, among other injuries. Jagnoor Jagnoor, head of the Injury Programme at the George Institute of Global Health, said, "We must shift our focus from just changing human behaviour to adopting comprehensive safe systems approach that include safer roads and vehicles, with a strong emphasis on protecting our most vulnerable road users-pedestrians, motorised two-wheeler riders and cyclists."

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When roads turn killing fields in Kerala
3 days, 23 hours ago

When roads turn killing fields in Kerala

The Hindu  

Life put S. Shruthi, a resident of Chooralmala in Wayanad, to test when she lost nine of her family members in the catastrophic landslides of July 30 early this year. Fatal statistics Each year, around 4,000 lives are lost on the roads of Kerala leaving hundreds injured, according to the State Crime Records Bureau figures. Contributing factors The reasons for …

Kerala: Hundreds Bid Farewell to 4 Schoolgirls Who Died in Accident
1 week, 3 days ago

Kerala: Hundreds Bid Farewell to 4 Schoolgirls Who Died in Accident

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: Hundreds of people bid a tearful farewell to the four schoolgirls who died in the tragic accident at Panayampadam in Palakkad district. The deceased, Irfana Sherin, Ridha Fathima, Nidha Fathima, and A.S. Aysha, were all eighth-grade students of Karimba Government Higher Secondary School. The accident has sparked a major debate about the rising number of road accident fatalities in …

One killed, 22 injured in road accident in Azamgarh
1 week, 5 days ago

One killed, 22 injured in road accident in Azamgarh

Deccan Chronicle  

Azamgarh: A woman was killed and 22 other people were injured in a road accident in a town near the Azamgarh-Ambedkar Nagar border here early on Wednesday, police said.The accident took place near the Kandhrapur town on National Highway 233 when they were returning from the historic Guru Govind Sahib fair, police said. The accident led to the death of …

Heavy transport vehicles involved in almost one fatal accident every two days in Delhi
1 week, 5 days ago

Heavy transport vehicles involved in almost one fatal accident every two days in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi Trucks are allowed into the Capital between 11pm and 7am. Heavy transport vehicles, such as trucks, trailers and containers, have been involved in almost one fatal road accident every other day till November this year, according to Delhi Traffic Police data. Hot spots Roads falling under the Nangloi, Samaypur Badli, Narela, Sarita Vihar and Shalimar Bagh traffic circles …

Mumbai BEST bus crash updates: Death toll rises to 6, driver booked for culpable homicide; 43 injured
1 week, 6 days ago

Mumbai BEST bus crash updates: Death toll rises to 6, driver booked for culpable homicide; 43 injured

Live Mint  

Mumbai BEST bus crash updates: The driver of the bus involved in the fatal accident in Mumbai's Kurla area has been booked on charges of culpable homicide, PTI reported today, citing police officials. The accident, which occurred at night on December 9, injured at least 43 people, and the death toll has risen to six, from four reported on Monday, …

Mumbai BEST bus accident: Death count rises to seven, 49 injured; police probe underway | VIDEO
1 week, 6 days ago

Mumbai BEST bus accident: Death count rises to seven, 49 injured; police probe underway | VIDEO

India TV News  

Mumbai BEST bus accident: At least seven persons died and more than 49 others were injured in a major road accident in Mumbai on Monday night. A bus of the Mumbai's civic transport body BEST rammed into pedestrians as well as vehicles, claiming several lives. The police and municipal corporation officials said that it is suspected the accident near the …

Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway records sharp decline in fatal accidents, result attributed to ATMS: Report
2 weeks ago

Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway records sharp decline in fatal accidents, result attributed to ATMS: Report

Hindustan Times  

The Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway, which earlier made headlines for the increasing number of fatal accidents, saw a sharp decline in such incidents in 2024. 50 people died in road accidents on Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway in 2024, 183 fatalities were reported in 2023. Here is the data According to a report in The Hindu, 50 people died in road accidents on this expressway …

Average of one fatal accident a day in Visakhapatnam
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Average of one fatal accident a day in Visakhapatnam

Deccan Chronicle  

Stating this here on Sunday, police commissioner Sankha Brata Bagchi said that in view of this, the city police have launched a ‘road traffic accident victim assistance centre’ at the commissioner’s office.A silver lining is that Visakhapatnam of late saw a slight reduction in road accidents -- from 1,462 in 2021 to 1,016 in 2024, he said.Correspondingly, the fatalities have …

10 things about India’s road safety figures as Gadkari flags 172,000 deaths in 2023
3 weeks ago

10 things about India’s road safety figures as Gadkari flags 172,000 deaths in 2023

Firstpost  

India saw a spike in the number of road accidents and fatalities in 2023 as compared to the previous year. Addressing an event on Road safety in Uttar Pradesh’s capital city Lucknow, Gadkari, on Saturday shared more shocking numbers related to accidents in India in 2023 10 things about India’s road safety figures 1 - Of the total road accident …

1,51,997 road accidents on National Highways in 2022: Nitin Gadkari to LS
3 weeks, 4 days ago

1,51,997 road accidents on National Highways in 2022: Nitin Gadkari to LS

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The number of road accidents on national highways has risen from 1,44,221 in 2018 to 1,51,997 in 2022, Union minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari told the Lok Sabha on Thursday. Gadkari said the government annually publishes ‘Road Accidents in India’ based on data received from police departments of states/ UTs Gadkari, who was responding to …

1,51,997 road accidents on National Highways in 2022: Nitin Gadkari to LS
3 weeks, 4 days ago

1,51,997 road accidents on National Highways in 2022: Nitin Gadkari to LS

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The number of road accidents on national highways has risen from 1,44,221 in 2018 to 1,51,997 in 2022, Union minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari told the Lok Sabha on Thursday. Gadkari said the government annually publishes ‘Road Accidents in India’ based on data received from police departments of states/ UTs {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Gadkari, …

Haryana sees 278 less road fatalities in first 10 months
1 month ago

Haryana sees 278 less road fatalities in first 10 months

Hindustan Times  

The Haryana Police on Friday said that from January to October this year, the state recorded a dip in road accidents and fatalities in comparison to the corresponding period last year. Attributing the decline in road crashes and deaths to awareness campaigns, the police said that there has been a decrease of 662 road accidents and 278 deaths in road …

Uttar Pradesh: Five killed, several others injured as bus rams into truck on Yamuna Expressway in Aligarh
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1 month ago

Uttar Pradesh: Five killed, several others injured as bus rams into truck on Yamuna Expressway in Aligarh

India TV News  

A tragic accident occurred in on the Yamuna Expressway when a private bus collided with a truck, resulting in the death of five individuals and leaving around 18 others injured on Thursday. As per the information, the incident occurred under the limits of Tappal police station in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district. Accident in Dadri Earlier on November 15, a fatal …

Road accidents, fatalities, double in Bengaluru in four years
1 month ago

Road accidents, fatalities, double in Bengaluru in four years

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: “The number of road accidents and deaths due to them has doubled in four years in Bengaluru. One of the major causes for road accidents is over-speeding,” said Additional Director General of Police and Commissioner for Traffic and Road Safety KV Sharath Chandra. Sharath Chandra said Bengaluru tops Karnataka with the highest number of road accidents, injuries and fatalities, …

Mridul Bhasin: “There’s an urgent need to address road safety in India”
1 month ago

Mridul Bhasin: “There’s an urgent need to address road safety in India”

Hindustan Times  

Can we begin with Durva Bhasin, your daughter, in whose memory you have dedicated the NGO, Muskaan? Muskaan Foundation for Road Safety started three days later. Durva Bhasin I remember your statement that a once-in-20-years disaster like a flood receives more attention than road safety, which kills a significant number of people each year. Several factors contribute to this crisis, …

Mint Primer: What makes Indian roads the deadliest?
1 month ago

Mint Primer: What makes Indian roads the deadliest?

Live Mint  

A road accident in Dehradun early on Tuesday last week killed six and left one critically injured. In 2022, road accidents killed nearly 170,000 people in India, while 423,158 were injured. India accounts for nearly 14% of global deaths due to road accidents. Over-speeding and careless driving, like in the Dehradun case, accounted for over 87% of the road crashes …

Odisha: Three killed, 13 injured in separate road accidents
1 month ago

Odisha: Three killed, 13 injured in separate road accidents

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Three people lost their lives and more than 13 sustained severe injuries in separate road accidents across Odisha on Sunday, raising concerns over the rising number of road mishap fatalities in the state. In the first incident, Mahendra Jena, a fish vendor, was tragically killed when a speeding truck ran over him in Paradip’s Atharbanki. Outraged by the incident, …

'Safety must get highest priority while constructing roads': Nitin Gadkari on rising road accidents
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Safety must get highest priority while constructing roads': Nitin Gadkari on rising road accidents

India TV News  

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday drew attention to the rising number of road accidents and consequent deaths, and stressed on giving safety the highest priority while constructing pathways in the country. Gadkari said if anyone dies in an accident due to road engineering fault in the future, then he will be guilty for it. …

Pedestrians Most Vulnerable to Road Accidents in 2023: Delhi Police Report
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Pedestrians Most Vulnerable to Road Accidents in 2023: Delhi Police Report

Hindustan Times  

Pedestrians remain the most vulnerable group in road crashes in Delhi, accounting for 43% of the victims, followed by two-wheelers at 38%. The number of deaths in road crashes decreased by 0.55% from 1,264 in 2022 to 1,257 in 2023, but there has been an increase in the number of prosecutions from 4,38,052 in 2022 to 6,39,097 in 2023.

Lack of audits, financial leakages threaten road safety
3 months ago

Lack of audits, financial leakages threaten road safety

New Indian Express  

In a surprisingly candid admission at a business conclave, Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari said India witnesses more than 1.5 lakh deaths every year in 5 lakh road accidents, which also injure 3 lakh people. Gadkari was echoing IIT Delhi’s recently released road safety report that points out accidents are now the 13th leading cause of death …

1,571 people in Delhi killed in road crashes in 2022, most occurred at night: Report
3 months, 1 week ago

1,571 people in Delhi killed in road crashes in 2022, most occurred at night: Report

India Today  

At least four persons were killed every day in the national capital in preventable road crashes in 2022 which saw an increase from the previous year, according to the Delhi government. Fifty per cent of the road crash victims in 2022 were pedestrians while 45 per cent of the victims were two or three-wheeler drivers and passengers, according to a …

53 accidents, 19 deaths every hour: Nitin Gadkari reveals how treacherous Indian roads are
3 months, 1 week ago

53 accidents, 19 deaths every hour: Nitin Gadkari reveals how treacherous Indian roads are

Firstpost  

Union Minister for Road Transportation and Highways, Nitin Gadkari admitted that his department is working on faulty road constructions and signage Union Minister for Road Transportation and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, requested all stakeholders to concentrate on reducing accidents. Nearly 19 people die of accidents every hour in India, said Union Minister for Road Transportation and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, amid reports …

On the challenges to road safety in India | Explained
3 months, 2 weeks ago

On the challenges to road safety in India | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: The “India Status Report on Road Safety 2024,” prepared by the TRIP Centre at IIT Delhi, not only highlights India’s slow progress toward meeting international goals of reducing road accident fatalities, but also emphasises the organic connection between road construction, mobility, and the need for a differentiated approach to mitigate road accidents. This report analyses road …

​Crash course: On the health of transport vehicles in India
5 months, 1 week ago

​Crash course: On the health of transport vehicles in India

The Hindu  

On July 10, in Uttar Pradesh, a private double-decker bus collided with a milk tanker, killing 18 people. Should the State government’s inquiry bear these details out, they will highlight the importance of the multidimensional nature of road safety, which banks on road and highway design, presence of roadside businesses, speed and access control, and visibility, among other factors, to …

Pune sees 71 accidents and 36 fatalities in road accidents
6 months ago

Pune sees 71 accidents and 36 fatalities in road accidents

Hindustan Times  

Following the deaths of two young IT professionals on May 19 in Kalyaninagar, the city has witnessed as many as 71 accidents which claimed 36 lives and left 60 others injured. According to the different citizen forums, rash driving after consumption of alcohol, and increased construction activity across the city are some of the reasons leading to a rising number …

Wrong-side driving steers road fatalities
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Wrong-side driving steers road fatalities

Hindustan Times  

On July 11 last year, a private bus cruised confidently down the wrong side of the Meerut Expressway. The Delhi traffic police said most such cases have been reported from Gokulpuri, Shahdara, Khajuri, Dwarka, Vasant Kunj, Kalyanpuri, Kamla Market, Paharganj, Preet Vihar and Badarpur, adding that apart from these areas, e-rickshaws near most Metro stations also drive down the wrong …

Speeding, a demon that plagues Delhi
8 months, 1 week ago

Speeding, a demon that plagues Delhi

Hindustan Times  

The Choubey family lived a happy life. At least nine planned high-speed corridors crisscross busy stretches in Delhi – NH-48, NE-3, GT Road, GT Karnal Road, Outer Ring Road, Rohtak Road, Najafgarh Road, Mehrauli Badarpur Road and Wazirabad Road. To reduce road traffic fatalities and injuries, Delhi requires a concerted emphasis on implementing slower street initiatives, enhancing speed control measures …

Drivers dozing off at wheel biggest cause of accidents on Yamuna E-way: RTI
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Drivers dozing off at wheel biggest cause of accidents on Yamuna E-way: RTI

Hindustan Times  

Sleep-deprived drivers dozing off while driving has been found to be a major reason for road accidents between 2012 to 2023 on the 165-kilometer Yamuna Expressway, connecting Agra with NOIDA. A burnt car after a collision on Yamuna Expressway in February this year in Mahawan area of Mathura, This was the information obtained from Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority in …

Sadak Suraksha Abhiyan: Why is the Initiative Important & How the Govt Plans to Improve Road Safety?
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Sadak Suraksha Abhiyan: Why is the Initiative Important & How the Govt Plans to Improve Road Safety?

News 18  

The ‘Sadak Suraksha Abhiyaan’, a public service awareness campaign, launched to raise awareness around road safety and reduce the number of preventable accidents is back for its second season. During the lauch of the campaign, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari emphasised helping people who have been in a road accident saying “if we don’t help others, no one will help us.” …

Debating India’s new hit-and-run law | Explained
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Debating India’s new hit-and-run law | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: Transporters and commercial drivers from States like Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, and Punjab have staged protests against the recent legislation concerning hit-and-run incidents. This law is in addition to the colonial-era provision on causing of death due to rash or negligent acts under Section 304A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. On the other side, however, …

Sharp increase in traffic accidents with fatalities, serious injuries
1 year ago

Sharp increase in traffic accidents with fatalities, serious injuries

NL Times  

The number of traffic accidents where people died or got seriously hurt increased significantly last year. In 2022, 21 percent more people died, and 20 percent more people sustained severe injuries in traffic accidents, according to an analysis by the Institute for Scientific Research on Road Safety. If no additional measures are taken, the number of serious injuries in traffic …

Road fatalities have decreased on Hyderabad-Vijayapura highway: Study
1 year ago

Road fatalities have decreased on Hyderabad-Vijayapura highway: Study

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The rate of road crash deaths on the 118-km Hyderabad-Bijapur corridor has come down by around 38 percent, according to a study “Road Safety Good Practices in India”, conducted by the SaveLIFE foundation, in coordination with World Bank and the Union ministry of road transport and highways. Interventions across the four Es of road safety — engineering, enforcement, emergency …

Campaigns fail to put brakes on pothole mishaps, U.P. on top with 55.4% deaths
1 year ago

Campaigns fail to put brakes on pothole mishaps, U.P. on top with 55.4% deaths

Hindustan Times  

Despite launching statewide campaigns every year after the monsoon to free all its roads of potholes, Uttar Pradesh has, yet again, emerged as the state with the highest number of deaths in road accidents attributed to potholes in the country in 2022. Uttar Pradesh alone reported 1,030 deaths in 1,986 cases of road accidents attributed to potholes, accounting for a …

Reckless driving claims more lives than murders: NCRB data
1 year ago

Reckless driving claims more lives than murders: NCRB data

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Reckless driving is the number one killer on the roads with the number of people killed in road accidents being nearly one and half times of those murdered across the country. Motorists driving at high speeds do not realise the dangers of losing control of their vehicles,” said SP Singh, a traffic expert and former member of National Road …

Steering road safety in India back onto the right lane
1 year, 1 month ago

Steering road safety in India back onto the right lane

The Hindu  

India’s roads are a paradox. In this context, India has some of the greatest opportunities to build a strong road safety management framework, with strong helmet producers, car manufacturers, big tech and large road investments. Each year, a staggering 3,00,000 people are estimated to be killed on the road in India, according to the United Nations World Health Organization. Road …

Bus accident leaves at least 39 dead and 17 injured on Himalayan road in Indian-controlled Kashmir
1 year, 1 month ago

Bus accident leaves at least 39 dead and 17 injured on Himalayan road in Indian-controlled Kashmir

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — A passenger bus slid off a Himalayan highway killing at least 39 people and injuring 17 others after rolling down a steep slope onto another road in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. The 42-seater bus was on the way to southern Jammu city from Kishtwar town when it veered off the road and fell down about …

Bus accident kills at least 30, injures dozens in Indian-controlled Kashmir
1 year, 1 month ago

Bus accident kills at least 30, injures dozens in Indian-controlled Kashmir

LA Times  

At least 30 people were killed and nearly two dozen injured when a passenger bus slid off a Himalayan highway and rolled down a steep slope onto another road in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. The 42-seat bus was on the way to the southern city of Jammu from the town of Kishtwar when it veered off the highway …

The week in 5 charts | Road accidents in India, Israeli troops encircle Gaza City, Delhi’s air quality in ‘severe plus’ category, and more
1 year, 1 month ago

The week in 5 charts | Road accidents in India, Israeli troops encircle Gaza City, Delhi’s air quality in ‘severe plus’ category, and more

The Hindu  

19 people died every hour in road accident in India The expansion of the country’s road network, including expressways, and an increase in vehicle ownership continue to spur a rise in fatalities due to road accidents, with the severity of crashes worsening significantly over the last decade, according to government data. Israeli troops encircle Gaza City Israeli ground troops encircled …

India Saw 19 Accident Deaths Every Hr in 2022; Over 70% on Straight Roads, in Sunny Weather - News18
1 year, 1 month ago

India Saw 19 Accident Deaths Every Hr in 2022; Over 70% on Straight Roads, in Sunny Weather - News18

News 18  

More than 70 per cent road accident deaths in India during the last year took place on straight roads and under sunny weather. However, the report shows that around three-fourth of the accident fatalities took place under sunny and clear weather — 1.19 lakh of the total 1.68 lakh accident deaths. Further, of the total 1.68 lakh accident deaths, 1.12 …

Nearly 1.68 lakh people died in 4.61 lakh road accidents in 2022: Road Ministry report
1 year, 1 month ago

Nearly 1.68 lakh people died in 4.61 lakh road accidents in 2022: Road Ministry report

The Hindu  

A total of 4,61,312 road accidents occurred in 2022, which claimed 1,68,491 lives, while 4,43,366 people were injured, according to a new report released by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. The report titled 'Road accidents in India — 2022' said this marks an 11.9% year-on-year rise in accidents and a 9.4% increase in fatalities. As per the report, …

20% rise in road accidents due to non-compliance of traffic rules: Nitin Gadkari
1 year, 2 months ago

20% rise in road accidents due to non-compliance of traffic rules: Nitin Gadkari

India TV News  

Nagpur: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said that there has been a 20 per cent increase in road accidents in the country due to the non-compliance of traffic rules. '3.5 lakh people lose their hands, leg in road accidents' The Union Minister emphasised the need for people to adhere to traffic rules while driving. 'Government is working on making …

UP government makes committee to probe fatal road accidents
1 year, 2 months ago

UP government makes committee to probe fatal road accidents

Hindustan Times  

To investigate the causes of fatal road accidents, the Uttar Pradesh government has taken an initiative to probe the accidents in the state in which three or more people are killed. According to a recent notification, a district-level committee consisting of officials from traffic police, the transport department, road safety engineers, and experts will conduct detailed accident investigations under the …

Why walkers and riders formed 50% of road fatalities in last 6 months
1 year, 2 months ago

Why walkers and riders formed 50% of road fatalities in last 6 months

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Farheen Rizvi, 20, left her home in Malvani, Malad, at around 7:30 am on September 15 and headed for Malvani bus depot to catch a bus to Patkar College in Goregaon. There are three major causes of road accidents threatening pedestrians – poor pedestrian-safe infrastructure, lack of road etiquette among motorists and undisciplined pedestrians themselves,” said Ajay Govale, vice …

India has 2nd largest road network, but facing highest accidents: Nitin Gadkari
1 year, 2 months ago

India has 2nd largest road network, but facing highest accidents: Nitin Gadkari

Hindustan Times  

Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said that India has the second largest road network in the world. Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari While addressing the 27th World Road Congress in Prague, Gadkari called accidents a big challenge for India. "We are the second largest road network in the world and now …

Delhi sees 4% rise in fatal road accidents in 5 years
1 year, 4 months ago

Delhi sees 4% rise in fatal road accidents in 5 years

Hindustan Times  

There have been more fatal accidents at night till July 15 this year than there were in 2019 on average, Delhi Traffic Police officials said, citing their data, which shows that the city’s roads may be becoming slightly riskier even in the case of crashes that do not involve a death. Traffic experts attribute drink driving, high speed of commercial …

30 % accidents on Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway involved two-wheelers: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
1 year, 4 months ago

30 % accidents on Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway involved two-wheelers: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

The Hindu  

Bengaluru Soon after the National Highways Authority of India banned two-wheelers and three-wheelers such as auto-rickshaws on the Bengaluru Mysuru Expressway, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on Wednesday in a release said that in the past six months, two-wheelers were involved in around 30% accidents, majority of which were fatal or grievous injuries on the expressway. The data …

Why are Indian highways so unsafe? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 5 months ago

Why are Indian highways so unsafe? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

The recent bus accident on the Nagpur-Mumbai Samruddhi Expressway that left 25 people dead after the bus hit an iron pole and caught fire, has once again thrown the spotlight on road accidents in India. In 2021, India saw over 4 lakh road accidents that killed over 1.5 lakh people. One media report states on the Samruddhi Expressway alone, 616 …

Maharashtra: '88 killed in accidents on Samruddhi expressway since December 2022' says official
1 year, 5 months ago

Maharashtra: '88 killed in accidents on Samruddhi expressway since December 2022' says official

India TV News  

Maharashtra: In view of the major accident that took place on Maharashtra's Samruddhi Expressway on Saturday that claimed 26 lives, an official informed that, since last December, 88 people have lost their lives on the same route. The state highway police official further informed that road hypnosis is cited as one of the causes of the accidents on the six-lane …

Road accidents are on the rise on Bengaluru streets; overspeeding, lack of awareness and infrastructure gaps blamed
1 year, 6 months ago

Road accidents are on the rise on Bengaluru streets; overspeeding, lack of awareness and infrastructure gaps blamed

The Hindu  

An analysis of accidents on the city roads over the past three years — 2020, 2021, and 2022 — shows that the number of accidents in 2022 has risen by 120, compared to 2020, even as the number of fatalities has shot up by 115 during the same period. Srihari said the accident analysis report did not dwell on the …

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