Road Safety

Bikers are so passionate about helmets that they are ready to even run an extra mile for the same (so to say). Helmets don’t only save you from grievous injuries but they also make you look stylish and give a dapper appearence on the bike. And so, for bike enthusiasts, what helmets they choose becomes […]

Research published at the end of last year spotlighted the leading cause of premature mortality among young men in India: road traffic accidents.  In 2017, 2.2 lakh Indians lost their lives due to injuries sustained on the country’s roads. Males accounted for the overwhelming majority of such fatalities, with 77 percent of road traffic accident […]

Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University’s Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Development organized a Road Safety Awareness Mission on the last day of the year. Under this mission, 1,000 students of the college distributed 11,000 greetings and chocolates containing messages about New Year’s greetings and traffic safety in the major 16 signals in various areas of Pune […]

Hyderabad: The red, yellow, and blue push pins — denoting unsafe roads, dark stretches, and bad roads — are growing by the day on the over 20 maps put up across the city. The maps were put up as part of a campaign — Let there be light — where citizens can highlight security issues […]

HYDERABAD: A month after an accident on Biodiversity Flyover left one dead and injured many, it was reopened on Saturday. When TOI drove over the flyover, several features stood out: An excessive number of signages, rumble strips and speed-breakers just ahead of the sharp curve where the accident had happened. The abrupt ride caused several […]

As many as 122 lives were lost in traffic accidents in the district in 2019 as compared to 120 in 2018, revealed data on road accident fatalities received from the Panchkula police. As per the data, as many as 265 cases of road accidents were registered in 2019, out of which 115 cases involved fatalities. […]

Many cases shut after investigations routinely blame short-circuits, letting those responsible for safety rule violations off the hook in Delhi. Thursday’s Peeragarhi blaze case has been transferred to the Crime Branch. On his part, Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain has also ordered a magisterial inquiry. But it’s highly unlikely that anyone in particular will be […]

The dashboard was launched at the initiative of Safer Roads For Gurugram (SRFG), the outcome of an MoU between Anheuser Busch InBev (AB InBev) and the Transport Department, Haryana Government. A road safety data dashboard has been launched for Gurugram which uses FIR data collected by Haryana traffic police since the last four years and […]

A preliminary probe into the Peeragarhi factory fire has revealed major lapses. Fire department chief Atul Garg said the building stored highly inflammable material but did not have enough fire extinguishers. He said there were no proper channels for ventilation. “There should have been multiple entry and exit points,” he said. He added that the […]

PATNA: Experts and engineers from across the country exchanged ideas on best practices in bridge construction activities on the third day of 80th Indian Roads Congress(IRC) at Samrat Ashok International Convention Centre here on Saturday. Odisha presented its innovative bridge management system developed to take care of timely maintenance and repair aspect of bridges. Maharashtra […]