Road Safety

MUMBAI: Sachin Tendulkar’s India Legends will take on Brian Lara’s West Indies Legends in the opening match of the Unacademy Road Safety World Series at the Wankhede Stadium on March 7. Of the total 11 (eleven) matches, two will be played at the Wankhede Stadium, four at the MCA Stadium in Pune, four matches at […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condoled the death of people in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh and hoped for fast recovery of those injured. At least 12 people were killed and eight seriously injured when a private bus in which they were travelling collided with a truck on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway on Wednesday. […]

The Department of Transport has identified 41 ‘Black Spots’ along highways in Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi and Kanniyakumari districts where fatal accidents have happened on multiple occasions, Transport Commissioner Tenkasi S. Jawahar said here on Wednesday. He was speaking to reporters after holding a review meeting with Collectors and top police officials of the four districts. […]

At least 13 people have been killed and 31 injured as the private bus in which they were travelling collided with a truck in Firozabad on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway. All the injured have now been rushed to the Saifai medical college. “At least 31 injured patients have been admitted to the hospital and 13 were […]

The state government’s failure in ensuring the promised funds for Kerala Road Safety Authority (KRSA) has crippled the efforts to improve road safety measures in the state, observed Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) during the audit report on revenue sector for 2017-18 submitted in the assembly on Wednesday. The report finds that the government didn’t […]

Maintenance of tariff signals and power to light up 12 new signals hangs fire as the Coimbatore Corporation and the Tangedco seemed to be sparing over tariff structure. The impact of the difference between the two government departments is that road users are forced to guess the signal at several junctions to drive ahead. The […]

In what can could have turned out to be a fatal accident, a man had a narrow escape while returning home from office in Bengaluru on February 7. Surajit Banerjee was on his way home from work on his two-wheeler when the incident occurred at Akshay Nagar, near DLF, on a connecting road from the […]

Visakhapatnam: In case you have received more than six e-challans for violating traffic rules and have not bothered to pay the fine, then beware. The next time the city traffic police spot your vehicle on the road, it will be seized. In a bid to ensure compliance, the traffic cops of the city have formed […]

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos’ visit to India has caused quite a many stirs in the country. One was when he announced that the company would create a million jobs in India. Recently and secondly, he has also announced Amazon’s plan to deploy 10,000 electric delivery rickshaws across the country, after successfully completed the […]

Madurai: Road deaths have come down close to 39% in three years in Tamil Nadu, said transport commissioner T S Jawahar at a road safetymeeting in Madurai district collectorate for Madurai and Virudhunagar districts on Tuesday. The number of deaths due to road accidents has reduced from 17, 200 in 2016 to 10,500 in 2019. […]