Over-Speeding Caused Most Road Deaths in 2019: Ministry of Road Transport
4 years, 2 months ago

Over-Speeding Caused Most Road Deaths in 2019: Ministry of Road Transport

News 18  

Over-speeding led to a maximum number of road crashes and deaths in India in 2019, revealed the annual road accident report of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. In a cause-wise split, maximum number of road crashes and deaths were caused by over-speeding, which accounted for 67.3 per cent or 1,01,699 deaths, 71 per cent of crashes and 72.4 per cent of injuries. The number of pedestrians killed in road crashes increased from 22,656 in 2018, to 25,858 in 2019 i.e., increase of about 14.13 per cent. There was a 6.2 per cent increase in road crash deaths due to potholes, with 2,140 deaths in 2019. The ADSI reported 1.3 per cent increase in road accident deaths from 2018 to 2019 and reported total fatalities at 1,54,732.

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When roads turn killing fields in Kerala
4 days, 5 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 …

Fix glitches, instil safe road culture early
6 days ago

Fix glitches, instil safe road culture early

New Indian Express  

Road accidents in Kerala are continuing to claim lives at an alarming rate. At the same time, the state has the highest share of the elderly falling victim to road accidents in the country. To put the onus of responsible driving on bus owners, the motor vehicles department has come up with measures that include suspending for six months the …

Rising road accident deaths in Kerala: Police, Motor Vehicles department to launch special traffic enforcement drive
1 week ago

Rising road accident deaths in Kerala: Police, Motor Vehicles department to launch special traffic enforcement drive

The Hindu  

Given the mounting public concern about the rising number of road accident fatalities in Kerala, the State police, in conjunction with the State Motor Vehicles department, is set to commence an intense traffic enforcement drive starting Monday. Leading accident causes Mr. Abraham said alcohol-impaired driving, motorists’ negligence, sleep distraction, speeding, use of mobile phones, haphazard overnight parking on roadsides, and …

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 …

Gadkari admits to a surge in road accident cases in the country despite his commitment to curb them
1 week, 5 days ago

Gadkari admits to a surge in road accident cases in the country despite his commitment to curb them

New Indian Express  

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday admitted that there is a surge in road accidents in the country. When I go to attend international conferences where there is a discussion on road accidents, I tried to hide my face," Gadkari said during a discussion on road safety in the Lok Sabha. Gadkari disclosed that road accidents claim 1.78 lakh lives …

Fog Causes Over 30,000 Road Accidents Every Year in India: Govt In Rajya Sabha
1 week, 5 days ago

Fog Causes Over 30,000 Road Accidents Every Year in India: Govt In Rajya Sabha

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has revealed alarming data on the impact of fog on road safety in India. In response to a question raised in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday, Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari said over 30,000 road accidents occur annually during winter due to fog-related conditions. The numbers show foggy …

Heavy transport vehicles involved in almost one fatal accident every two days in Delhi
1 week, 6 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 …

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 …

Odisha: Transport department launches special drive for winter
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Odisha: Transport department launches special drive for winter

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: With the winter months prone to heightened accident risk and resultant fatalities, the Transport Department has launched a special enforcement drive to crack down on road safety violations while raising awareness on safe driving. Transport department sources said enforcement activities will be carried out across the state to check violations like riding without helmets, driving without putting on the …

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 …

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, …

More than 1,000 injured or killed by drivers going too slowly in past decade
1 month, 2 weeks ago

More than 1,000 injured or killed by drivers going too slowly in past decade

The Telegraph  

No fatalities were associated with people driving too slowly last year. In total last year there were 1,624 people killed in road traffic accidents, a 5 per cent drop on 2022’s figure of 1,711. ‘Unsafe behaviours’ Nicholas Mantel, head of motor insurance at Churchill, said: “It’s widely recognised that speeding is dangerous, but many drivers don’t realise that driving too …

'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. …

Traffic Awareness Drive Launched in Gautam Budh Nagar: Focuses on Education and Enforcement
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Traffic Awareness Drive Launched in Gautam Budh Nagar: Focuses on Education and Enforcement

Hindustan Times  

The Gautam Budh Nagar police have launched a month-long traffic awareness drive to raise public awareness on road safety and reduce road accidents. The campaign focuses on traffic awareness, enforcement of regulations, and community involvement through traffic volunteers and traffic angels. The drive aims to ensure strict enforcement of traffic rules while educating the public on road safety. The program …

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.

Noida traffic police to launch anti-pollution drive in November
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Noida traffic police to launch anti-pollution drive in November

Hindustan Times  

Noida: The Noida traffic police will launch a drive in November to penalise vehicles causing pollution in the Gautam Budh Nagar district in compliance with the Graded Response Action Plan, officers said on Friday, adding that a “road safety month” will be parallelly observed spreading awareness to curb road accidents. According to the Noida transport department, there are approximately 180,000 …

Guest Column: Let’s buckle up! A critical imperative for Indian roads
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Guest Column: Let’s buckle up! A critical imperative for Indian roads

Hindustan Times  

Seat belts are often perceived as an inconvenience rather than the life-saving tool they are by a majority of drivers and passengers in India. Seat belts provide crucial protection, as tragically evidenced by accidents like the recent July 2024 Delhi-Mumbai Expressway crash, which claimed two lives, or the fatal Mahendergarh school bus accident in April 2024 in which six students …

Lack of audits, financial leakages threaten road safety
3 months, 1 week 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 …

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 …

​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 …

Bengaluru grapples with over 2,000 road accidents till May, traffic violations soar: Report
6 months, 1 week ago

Bengaluru grapples with over 2,000 road accidents till May, traffic violations soar: Report

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru has witnessed over 2,000 road accidents by May, as per the latest data from the Bengaluru Traffic Police, as accessed by Bangalore Mirror. The Bengaluru Traffic Police's 2024 Violations Data reveals a staggering 39,10,980 violations, with reckless driving and over-speeding standing out as major concerns. Other notable violations include driving without a license, defective registration plates, and jumping traffic …

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 …

Fatal choices that make commute in Delhi risky
8 months ago

Fatal choices that make commute in Delhi risky

Hindustan Times  

Tarun Kumar wanted to save time. The Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit collaborated with Central Road Research Institute to conduct a biannual roadside observations and monitor compliance for important road safety risk factors in Delhi in 2022 and found that clasped helmet use was very low in Delhi. Another bane: Cellphones The ever-growing trend of people using cellphones while …

Fatal choices that make commute in Delhi risky
8 months ago

Fatal choices that make commute in Delhi risky

Hindustan Times  

Tarun Kumar wanted to save time. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} “The traffic police’s enforcement is very strict, besides the awareness drives held by its road safety education cell. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit collaborated with Central Road Research Institute to conduct a biannual roadside observations and monitor compliance for important road safety risk factors …

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 …

US traffic deaths fell 3.6% in 2023, the 2nd straight yearly drop. But nearly 41,000 people died
8 months, 3 weeks ago

US traffic deaths fell 3.6% in 2023, the 2nd straight yearly drop. But nearly 41,000 people died

Associated Press  

DETROIT — U.S. traffic deaths fell 3.6% last year, but still, almost 41,000 people were killed on the nation’s roadways, according to full-year estimates by safety regulators. NHTSA Deputy Administrator Sophie Shulman said that traffic deaths declined in the fourth quarter of last year, marking the seventh straight quarterly drop that started with the second quarter of 2022. The death …

Belagavi sees decline in fatal road accidents as traffic cops focus on safety
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Belagavi sees decline in fatal road accidents as traffic cops focus on safety

New Indian Express  

BELAGAVI: Creating a positive road safety trend by the special efforts of Belagavi police has yielded very good results as the city has witnessed a remarkable decline in the fatal road accidents deaths in 2023. The fatalities have reduced by 12.5% while the number of deaths in road accidents have declined to 18.5% compared to the previous year. The data …

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.” …

450 people died every year in road accidents in Gautam Budh Nagar since 2019: Traffic police data
11 months, 1 week ago

450 people died every year in road accidents in Gautam Budh Nagar since 2019: Traffic police data

Hindustan Times  

At least 470 people lost their lives last year in over 1,100 road accidents in Gautam Budh Nagar and the numbers have remained more or less the same since 2019, showed the Gautam Budh Nagar traffic police data, except for the Covid pandemic years of 2020 and 2021, despite the police stepping up enforcement. A total of 1,007,656 e-challans were …

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, …

Fewer overall accidents, but more deaths along Nilgiris roads in 2023
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Fewer overall accidents, but more deaths along Nilgiris roads in 2023

The Hindu  

The total number of fatal accidents in the Nilgiris has increased by a whopping 51 per cent in 2023, as per records made available to The Hindu by the District Crime Records Bureau. Activists say the increase could indicate that road widening along the district’s major highways is leading to more serious accidents and consequently, more fatalities among road users. …

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 …

MoRTH Aims to Halve Road Accidents and Casualties by 2030: Gadkari
1 year ago

MoRTH Aims to Halve Road Accidents and Casualties by 2030: Gadkari

News 18  

The government aims to halve the number of road accidents and resultant deaths by 2030, revising its earlier target of achieving the same in 2024, with Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday saying that despite best efforts he has not got the desired results on reducing accidents. Earlier in September 2022, the road transport and highways minister had called upon …

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 …

Cancel licences, seize vehicles of habitual violators of traffic rules: Yogi Adityanath
1 year ago

Cancel licences, seize vehicles of habitual violators of traffic rules: Yogi Adityanath

Hindustan Times  

Laying stress on the need for the government, administration and the public to work together to minimise road accident deaths, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday asked for strictness with those who habitually violate traffic rules. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath “As per need, action should also be taken to cancel the driving licence and seize the vehicle,” he …

Reckless driving claims more lives than murders: NCRB data
1 year, 1 month 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 …

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