Road Safety

The road injury death rate for various types of road users, including pedestrians, motorcyclists, cyclists and motor vehicle occupants, varied 4-8 fold between the country’s states, highlighting the need for specific road safety planning in each state With 2.2 lakh road injury deaths in India in 2017, it was the leading cause of premature deaths […]

Hyderabad: The central and state governments have proposed several programmes to educate commuters about traffic rules in the twin cities to check the number of accidents. The campaign coincides with the launch of Road Safety Week on Tuesday. Advocacy campaigns on road safety, walkathon, honoring good samaritans, traffic police and doctors as road safety champions, […]

The roads of Dubai are at high speed and all those who drive on these roads should beware of the rules of the road. There are heavy fines for breaking traffic rules – however, people seem to flout these rules all the time. It’s not good. Mainly because these rules are not there just for […]

Students of National Public School, Indiranagar, have bagged the first prize for their mobile app ‘Drive Safe’ at a road safety Hackathon organised by the Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) at RV Engineering College. The app, conceptualised by students Siddhant Attavar and Shreyas Viswanath, monitors rash driving. Children from various schools in the city presented innovative […]

Uyir, a non-governmental organisation, in association with Target zero released a hand book on road safety here recently. The hand book aimed at educating people about the importance in following traffic rules. S. Rajasekaran, Managing Trustee, Uyir, handed over the first copy of the book to K. Jagatheeshan, senior Additional Director, Directorate of Industrial Safety […]

Road safety campaigns have not been able to bring about a change in behaviour and reduce the number of deaths and injuries suffered due to road accidents in India, which is the highest in the world in a year. So what needs to be done? Read More… Source: Your Story

India is determined to move into the smart mobility world, writes Markus Pfefferer The Indian mobility sector is currently a mass of contradictions. Undoubtedly, it has garnered political will, and the major automakers in the country see electric vehicles (EVs) and connectivity as the way forward. However, they also realise that this requires radical change, […]

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is asking road users to exercise caution while using the roads over the weekend as Met Eireann has issued an Orange weather warning for Mayo for strong winds. Met Eireann have issued an orange weather warning for very strong winds in Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Kerry and Limerick from 1 […]

Safe drivers should be provided suitable incentives. Tax-exemption may be considered for them. Psychological evaluation of drivers should be made mandatory before providing them license Two media posts were emotionally disturbing for me today. One was on Facebook: A photo of a little baby-girl who missed her parents (rather the whole family) in a terrible […]

Bhubaneswar:  The State registered a marginal decrease in motor vehicle accidents this year compared to previous years due to the implementation of new traffic rules by the Odisha Government. The road accident fatalities during the quarter of July to September, 2019 have come down by about 4.5 per cent compared to the same period of […]