Road Safety

In Assam, road accidents on national highways account for 48%, whereas state highways and other roads account for 25% and 27% respectively. Assam Transport Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary reviewed the action taken by the stakeholders on implementation of road safety laws in the State and directed all authorities to take measures for stricter enforcement of […]

RAIPUR: Five women and a teenaged girl died after the pick-up vehicle they were travelling on collided with a lorry in Raigarh district about 220 km east of Raipur on Tuesday.  “All the six died on the spot in the accident. Around 20 others sustained injuries and were rushed to the district hospital. The victims […]

Dhar: On Monday, under the chairmanship of Collector Alok Kumar Singh, a meeting was organised in which discussion about ways to save people from road accidents, implementation of road safety laws, educating people about road safety and post-accident treatment was held. It was informed in the meeting that 14 places in the district have been marked […]

A cab driver died after his vehicle was hit from behind by a car driven by a Delhi Police constable under the Barapulla flyover in the south-eastern part of the city, officials said on Saturday. The accident took place late Friday night, and the deceased has been identified as Prempal of Uttar Pradesh’s Agra, they […]

Hyderabad: Lockdown is helping Cyberabad traffic police to improve road safety infrastructure across its jurisdiction. They have identified around 30 junctions in the commissionerate limits for improving infrastructure in such a way that it would inculcate road sense among users and also prevent jaywalking. For instance, at the cyber tower junction, its centre is marked with […]

Thirteen passengers were injured after a bus fell into a 15-feet-deep ditch along the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Sunday. The accident occurred on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, and its suspected that the driver lost control of the vehicle after its axle broke, they said. The injured passengers were […]

Kota: Reducing vehicle speed can prevent road crash incidents as an average 1 km increase in vehicular speed can lead to 3 per cent rise in such incidents, experts said. Speaking during a webinar organised by CUTS International, a Jaipur-based NGO, as part of the 6th United Nations Global Road Safety Week, the experts underlined the importance […]

One person was killed after two people on a motorcycle tried to evade officials at a checkpost in Macherial district’s Jannaram mandal in Telangana. The accident, which was caught on a CCTV camera at a forest department checkpost, occurred on Saturday, May 22. In the footage that surfaced, a forest department officer can be seen […]

Madurai: The Madurai city traffic police has initiated work to link Nehru Nagar road with the service road in Bypass Road by clearing juliflora in Nehru Nagar Junction. Once the link is established, motorists coming via Nehru Nagar can take a ‘U’ turn at an opening to be given in the centre median, around 100m […]

On the contrary, Pimpri-Chinchwad witnessed a surge of 43% in accident fatalities in 2019, says data released by state govt In a dramatic improvement with active participation of police and commuters, accident fatalities in Pune city have come down in 2019, making its otherwise congested roads safe for vehicles. However, the data released by state […]