Road Safety

NEW DELHI: The lockdown in India may have kept much of the traffic off the streets, but road accidents continued to take place. In fact, between March 24 and May 4, a total of 137 people died in such accidents across the country, a report compiled by the SaveLife Foundation , a non-profit that works […]

n yet another tragic accident, eight migrant labourers who were travelling from Maharashtra to their native places in Uttar Pradesh, were killed on the road. Another 55 labourers who were travelling in the truck have been injured in the accident. The container truck they were travelling in collided with a bus in Cantt area of […]

COIMBATORE/ KRISHNAGIRI: Return of traffic on roads and opening of Tasmac shops have resulted in an increase in accident cases. Nine people died in separate incidents in Coimbatore and Krishnagiri districts on Friday. The first incident occurred when N Vinith, 24, of Idayarpalayam near Kuniyamuthur in Coimbatore, and his friend M Shahrukh Khan, 25, of […]

Pilibhit: A 25-year-old youth identified as Aleem of Naugma Pakadia village under Sungarhi police station was killed in a head-on collision of his bike with a speeding car on Sunday evening. The youth, along with injured pillion rider Faheem of the same village, was shifted to the district government hospital at Pilibhit where he succumbed […]

Several students and IT employees hailing Kerala’s Kottayam, Kerala, who were stranded in Bengaluru due to the national lockdown, were travelling to their native towns in the bus when the accident took place. s many as 25 people were injured after a water tanker and a bus collided on the Karur-Salem National Highway in Tamil […]

The figure, which comprises only 11% of the cases reported during the corresponding period last year, baffled road safety experts. Many assumed that reckless driving could have led to these accidents as traffic law enforcement was hit with many policemen imposing lockdown restrictions. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: No peak time office rush, unavailability of liquor, almost-nil traffic on […]

A 40-year-old truck driver was arrested after his speeding vehicle crashed into a barricade in southeast Delhi’s Sunlight Colony area, injuring a policeman, officials said on Friday. The accused has been identified as Danish, a resident of Dhouj village in Faridabad district, they said. The incident took place on Thursday when Sub-Inspector Prakash Chand of […]

CHENNAI: Fewer vehicles on the roads mean fewer accidents, Since March 27, three days after the nationwide lockdown kicked in, there has been no road accident fatality in Chennai. The city, with more than 53 lakh vehicles including around 43 lakh two-wheelers, usually records at least 5 or 6 road accident deaths a day. Last […]

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Police in Salem district on Thursday started giving a dash of yellow paint on the front and back fenders of vehicles as a measure to restrict their movement. According to police, people continue to flout the lockdown restrictions and come out on the roads in their vehicles on one pretext or other. Police said, […]

Five people were killed and one received injuries after a collision between a car and a truck in Limbdi of Surendranagar district on Saturday. The incident took place on Limbdi -Ahmedabad Highway in the wee hours of Saturday. The injured is undergoing treatment at a hospital. An investigation into the incident is underway. Source: Indiatoday